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68 Add Search to Your Site
Unless you’re anal about organizing your Web
site, much of your content is likely buried in
layers of Web pages. Do visitors to your site a
favor— give them a search box.
by Niko Coucouvanis
72 Sneak Your Mac onto
a Windows Network
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22 Office Goes to 11
We’ve got a sneak preview of Microsoft’s new Office 2004 for Mac, and we think you’ll
like what you see— from a totally new way to organize your work to a revolutionary way
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P|4 d CONTENTS
a better maciitne, a better magazine.
every month
08 Editors’ Page
Our editor in chief takes a walk on the geek side at the San
Francisco Mac Expo.
10 Get Info
We bring you the best of Mac Expo 2004. Plus, five tips for
extending laptop battery life, an awesome way to custom-paint
your Mac, a $700 MP3 player, and the best in indie games.
37 Reviews
43 1.256Hz iMac 20-inch LCD iMac G4
47 C-5060 Wide Zoom 5.1 -megapixel digital camera
52 Carrara Studio 3 3D-graphics software
44 CodeWarrior Development Studio 9 application development environment
50 Designjet120 wide-format inkjet printer
59 Dragon Burn 3.1.04 disc-burning software
45 Dungeon Siege role-playing game
48 EOS Oigitai Rebel 6.3-megapixel digital SLR camera
58 Ghost Master sim horror game
40 GoLiveCS Web-development software
38 Halo: Combat Evolved combat game
43 Harmony Remote SST-659 universal remote control
42 Illustrator CS illustration software
51 Laser jet 1012 personal laser printer
57 LL-M17W1U LCD TV monitor and Mac display
46 Poser 5 3D modeling software
56 PowerShot SD10 Digital Elph 4- megapixel digital camera
59 ScanFont4 font-creating plug-in
60 ScreenRecord 1.5.4 screen-capture utility
53 Solace 1.04 role-playing game
54 Stylus C84 four-color inkjet printer
55 SureVauitSOO RAIDS array
61 The Mouse input device
60 The Sims Superstar Sims expansion pack
61 ThumbDrIve USB 2.0 flash drive
61 USB 2.0/FireWire Combo Hub two-in-one hub
62 The Hot List
We*d spend our own hard-earned money on these products.
QUICK TIPS
FROM THIS MONTH’S ISSUE
^ KICK BACK IN LECTURE HALL
Microsoft Word 2004 has a new
Notebook view that lets you record
audio as you take notes. If you miss
something your professor or boss
says, just play
it back. From
“Office Goes
to 11 ” p22.
* SAY NO TO BLOATWARE
Sure, you can design a cursor thafs
larger than the standard 24-by-
24-pixel arrow, but if you more
than double its size, your system
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gamepad support. Be sure to work
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Tips and trends: Bring the soft, subtle
shade of beige back into your life.
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those dirty Web
sites again?
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a note from the kernel
But Wait,
There’s More!
Imagine for a moment that you're Nobuyuki Idei, Sony's
chairman and CEO. You've got to be steaming over the fact
that when you release a smaller Walkman, nobody notices,
but when jobs-san announces the iPod mini, even Tokyo's
Asahi Shimhun gives It ink. “Perhaps a pair of relaxed-fit
Gap jeans and a black turtleneck might help,” you muse.
You have to hand it to Apple— for over 20 years it has
schooled the industry on how to make headlines. But if
all you followed were the big stories coming out of San
Francisco in January, you missed some of the other way-
cool stuff on the Expo floor. Being an aspiring Alpha Geek, I was most entranced
by some of the more propeller-headed contributions to Mac culture, such as:
WiebeTech GSJam Sometimes a kludge is just a kludge, and sometimes it's
a kick-ass bit of engineering. This storage upgrade for the Power Mac G5 fits
squarely in the latter category. James Wiebe, the brains behind his eponymous
company, swapped the clear-plastic air baffle in the Power Mac G5 for a metal,
heat-diffusing version, to which he attached two SATA drives that fit into the front
end of the PCI card compartment, and paired them with two more SATA drives in
the G5's existing drive bays. Striped into a RAID 0 set, this concoction achieves
over 200-MBps throughput, fast enough for HD lOSOi 10-bit uncompressed Final
Cut Pro editing. The freight: $2,499.95 fora 1 terabyte (TB) setup, $1,499.95 for
the 640GB version (www.wiebetech.com).
Oxford Semiconductor OXFW970 Yeah, 1 know— it takes a special kind
of geek to get damp over a FireWire chip. I'm that guy. The OXFW970 chip
(www.oxsemi.com) supports 7.1-channel sound coming straight out of your
Mac's FireWire port (once you've installed the proper drivers, of course). Expect
enterprisingthird-party folks— are you reading this, Mr. Wiebe?— to incorporate
the OXFW970 into breakout boxes first, followed by its installation in speaker
cabinets from major manufacturers. Finally, surround sound goes Mac in a simple,
easy-to-use, no-PCI-card-needed way.
SoftRAlD 3 If you think Mac OS 10.3's Disk Utility can provide all the RAID
options you'll ever need, you're wrong. This $129 utility (www.softraid.com)
allows you to create non-RAID volumes on the same disk as RAID volumes, reports
and tracks I/O errors, includes optimization settings tailored to your drive's usage,
and has a nifty interface that shows your volumes’ status and reports on their
condition. My only gripe is that you can't currently boot from a SoftRAlD 3 set— but
Tim Standing, the company's VP of engineering, assured me that capability will
arrive soon. As an inveterate storage addict. I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas.
En|.„
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Here's what our editors are preparing for the next issue of MocAddict
qtafF rants
Q: What is the coolest thing you saw
at the Mac Expo?
Cathy LuTJVO ADDICT
What is the coolest thing you saw at the Mac Expo?
I loved El Gate’s EyeTV 200 and Eye Home
(www.elgato.com). The EyeTV 200 is a FireWire version
of the company’s DV recorder that uses MPEG-2
compression. The EyeHome lets you access your Mac’s pictures,
movies, and music on your TV. Now I never have to leave the couch!
Niko Coucouvanis tone-deaf and color-blind
W hat is the coolest thing you saw at the Mac Expo?
The EJ MIDI Turntable (www.ejenterprlses.tv) from EJ
Enterprises Worldwide lets you use your turntable as a
MIDI controller to mix, match, scratch, or do whatever to
any QuickTime-compatible file on your Mac — audio or video.
Jenifer Morgan just wild about saffron
W hat is the coolest thing you saw at the Mac Expo?
The iPod minis had nothing on the four-foot
skillet of paella at the MacAddict party!
Narasu Rebbapragada so over cos
W hat is the coolest thing you saw at the Mac Expo?
Slim Devices’ Squeezebox (www.slimdevices.com).
This little black box with remote hooks up to your
stereo and lets you wirelessly stream and play your
iTunes music (but not music purchased from the iTunes Music Store)
through your home stereo.
Peter Marshutz window shopper
W hat is the coolest thing you saw at the Mac Expo?
GWM, 5’10”, 170, 25-30YO, BLU eye, BLKhair, nice
smile, geek-fabulous fashion, good sense of humor,
IBook, iPod.
Kris Fong expo’d OUT
What is the coolest thing you saw at the Mac Expo?
Macsense’s HomePod (www.macsense.com), a
streaming music device with FM tuner that connects to
a wired or wireless network and lets you play any song
in any connected Mac’s iTunes collection. Hook it up to some good
speakers, though — ^the internals sound like mosquitoes.
Mark Rosenthal m.t. cranium
W hat is the coolest thing you saw at the Mac Expo?
ChubbyWare’s new NubDrive, hands down. Inventor
Beven Q. Stobs took a USB ThumbDrive, scooped
out its innards, and installed 128KB— not MB— of
storage, adhering to his (emphasize his) theory that storing as little as
possible will become an emancipating societal force.
Max MACMAVEN
What is the coolest thing you saw at the Mac Expo?
Heard, actually. During his keynote speech, Steve
mentioned that the iTunes Music Store had 70 percent o
the market of downloadable music, then added, “Feels
good to get above that 5 percent, doesn’t it?” May the Mac’s market
share reach 70 percent as well.
Think you know your Mac Inside out? We’ll show you 33 things you didn't know your
Mac couid do. We’ll also have our sixth-annual April Fools’ article with tons of killer
pranks, as well as a comprehensive look at tax software. And we’ll help you replace
your iPod's dead battery, set up a TiVo-Hke system for recording internet radio shows,
and clean out ail the crap from your Mac to keep It slim and healthy. Pius weVe got a
passel of reviews, from digital SLRs to Webcams, and a whole lot more. A whole lot.
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B link and you could miss the good stuff. The biggest innovations at this January’s Mac Expo 2004, held in San Francisco, were
not at gargantuan booths funded by gargantuan companies. Most big boys— with the notable exception this year of Microsoft
and its Office 2004 (see “Office Goes to 11,” p22)— have long since stopped using the Mac Expo as a venue to announce new
products. Instead, the most creative products were tucked away in small, nondescript cubicles on the show floor, proving that
grass-roots development is still alive and kicking in the Mac community.
MULTIMEDIA DEVICES
T he products that wowed us at the
Expo bridged the gap between
Mac-based multimedia and home-
theater entertainment. China-based
Avias (www.iavias.com), currently
looking for U.S. distribution channels,
demoed its MEC Station Deluxe ($599
estimated), which downloads and
plays video (MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MPEG-
1, and DivX), still photos, or audio via
FireWire on a 16:9 LCD display.
El Gato also expanded its EyeTV DV
player and recorder line with the EyeTV
200 ($349, www.elgato.com), a silver
box that records higher-quality MPEG-2
video over FireWire. El Gato launched
the EyeHome ($249), which lets you
view iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, and EyeTV
content on your television via an Ethernet
or 802.11b connection.
Three gadgets connect your iTunes
Music Library to your home stereo
system. Both Slim Devices’ Squeezebox
($249 for wired or $299 for wireless,
www.slimdevices.com) and Macsense’s
HomePod ($249, www.macsense.com)
let you browse through, search for, and
listen to your iTunes Library, Playlists,
and Internet radio stations on your home
stereo system by streaming the music
from your Mac through either a wired or
wireless connection. xTremeMac claims
that its as-yet-unnamed alternative (price
TBA, www.xtrememac.com), due out in
March, will stream iTunes audio over 300
feet with A2DP Class 1 Bluetooth.
TenTechnology’s naviPlay (price TBA,
www.tentechnology.com), due out in Q1
2004, is a Bluetooth wireless transmitter
and LCD-equipped remote control. One
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PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY AND OVOLAB; XSERVE PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF APPLE
piece replaces your iPod's dock connector, while another plugs into the 3.5mm stereo
port in your speakers or headphones to transmit music wirelessly.
This one's so cool: EJ Enterprises Worldwide's EJ MIDI Turntable ($749,
www.ejenterprises.tv) system combines a time-coded LP and hardware module that
hooks up to your Mac, allowing you to use standard DJ turntables to scratch and
beat-match QuickTime video or audio.
HARDWARE
L aCie introduced its aptly named FireWire Bigger Disk ($1,199, www.lacie.com), with
one terabyte (TB) of storage on four spanned and striped 7,200-rpm drives that
connect to your Mac via FireWire 400, FireWire 800, or USB 2.0. Also upping the ante,
ATI's Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Special Edition ($469, www.ati.com), due out In February
'04, Is a step above the 9800 Pro that's available as a bullt-to-order option with Apple
Power Macs. This 8X AGP (read: G5 only) card, loaded with 256MB of DDR SDRAM, ships
with Mac software that lets you configure the card for high-end game graphics.
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TINY PERIPHERALS
G adgets need not be large to impress.
Take the IntelliScanner Collector ($199,
www.intelliscanner.com). This tiny USB bar-code scanner
reads the codes on DVDs and books, and then searches
the Internet forthe corresponding title, director, and genre information. It throws this
information into a database that you can rate, manage, and otherwise customize to
create your own media lending library.
As usual, Griffin Technology came to the show with bright ideas like the SightLight
($39.99, www.griffintechnology.com), due out in April 2004. This light fits around
your Apple iSight Web cam, sharing its FireWire connection, to provide a little diffused
illumination for videoconferencing.
it™ II Miii"nni III OVOlab’S PhUnk.
TELEPHONY
T WO new products turn your Mac into a personalized
answering service. Parliant's PhoneValet Message
Center ($199.95 per line, www.parliant.com) targets small
businesses that have one to five analog phone lines. With a
USB dongle that bridges the phone and the Mac, PhoneValet
tells you who's calling (Caller ID and your address book), records messages in multiple
voice mailboxes, and records information, Ovolab’s Phlink ($159.95, www.ovolab.com)
plays customized greetings based on the caller's ID, records Incoming messages in
multiple mailboxes, and even emails them to you as AAC or 3GPP compressed audio files.
PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE
Y OU Software’s clever productivity utility You Control ($49.95 download,
www.yousoftware.com) can customize your Mac OS X menubar with helpful
modules that let you play iTunes music, search files and folders, and access
items on the pasteboard—all right from the menubar. And if you've outgrown
Apple's .Mac Web templates, check out SpInSIte ($11.99 per month and up,
www.spinsite.com). Targeting small businesses, this browser-based Web-site
builder and host lets you choose graphics, a navigation system, discussion forums,
and soon a PayPal online store, and add these elements quickly and easily to your
Web site.
Griffin Technology's
SightLight.
XTREME XSTUFF
Apple Revamps Enterprise
A pple muscles up its X line of
enterprise-class products,
due out in February 2004.
XSERVE G5
What It is: Packed into a lU rack
mount are single or dual 2.0GHz
PowerPC G5 processors. Each
of the two full-length 64-bit,
133MHz PCf-X slots has its own
independent bus, and the eight
DIMM slots accept up to 8GB
of DDR SDRAM with ECC (error
correction code).
Why It’s cool: Each processor
lives on its own user-swappable
daughtercard. An optional $1,099
Service Parts Kit contains a spare
logic board, fan array, power
supply, and PCI fan.
What It costs: A single -processor
model starts at $2,999; dual-
processor for $3,999; and a
single-drive, dual-processor
cluster node with no optical drive
goes for $2,999.
XSERVE RAID
What It Is: This built-like-a-tank
storage system can hold up to
3.5TB of high-speed RAID 0, 1, 3,
5, 10, 30, or 50 sets.
Why It’s cool: It is aggressively
priced and supports Windows and
Linux, plus high-speed fiber-
channel switches.
What it costs: A 1TB unit sells for
$5,999, 1.75TB for $7,499, and
3.5TB for $10,999.
XGRID
What It Is: This Rendezvous-
aware, IP-based clustering
software Is nota product—yet.
Why it’s cool: You can link up
to 84 Power Mac G5s to create
a high-performance computing
cluster, using— if you so choose—
only their spare processor cycles
while they're doing other work.
What It costs: Download the free
beta from www.apple.com/acg.
Apple’s Xserve G5
March 2004 MacAddIct 11
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK MAOEO
GET INFO
the news of the monft in bite-size chunks
DROOLWORTHY
Sexy Stuff We Can’t Wait to Get Our Mitts On
^ iGuitar
The name says it all. Brian Moore’s custom-made [Guitars
($995 and up, www.iguitar.com) plug into a 13-pin USB
interface such as Roland’s 61-20, which then plugs into
your Mac’s USB port. This setup turns the iGuitar into a
synthesizer when you use it with supported software
such as BitHeadz Unity. The iGuitar also supports
recording software such as DigiDesign’s Pro
Tools, and music notation software
such as Coda’s Finale.— A//?
>1^ BeoSound 2
In December 2003, Bang & Olufsen released Mac drivers and firmware
for its insanely expensive BeoSound 2 ($695, www.bang-olufsen.com)
stainless steel MP3 player that comes with a 128MB SD card, orb-
looking Li-Ion recharger, and silver earphones surely designed for
Spock. Make sure you purchase a unit preloaded with version 2.0 or
later of the firmware for Mac compatibility, then download the iTunes
plug-in from the B&O site. This MP3 player doesn’t have an onboard
LCD, but at this price, practicality is out the window any way.— A//?
12 Mac/kJdlct March 2004
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF BRIAN MOORE GUITARS
Playlists
COLORFUL MACS ARE BACK
C olorWare (www.colorwarepc
.com), the custom-paint gurus
behind Alienware's Technicolor PCs
(www.alienware.com), is selling
custom-painted iPods, iBooks,
PowerBooks, and PowerMac G5s
in two-dozen colors, including
shimmering-green Envy, metallic-
purple Prowler, and deep-orange
Hybrid. ColorWare’s proprietary
nondye, wet-spray process voids
Apple’s warranty on iBooks,
PowerBooks, and G5s, but ColorWare
is substituting its own warranty, the
terms of which were unavailable as
of press time. (Don’t worry about
your iPods; Apple will still cover
them.) ColorWare sells the Macs
and ’Pods for Apple’s retail prices
plus a painting charge of $66 for
iPods, $490 for iBooks, and $590 for
PowerBooks and G5s. Alternatively,
you can send in your own equipment
and pay just the painting fee.
8rtmr$B
EKtras
Settings
Backlight
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Check out ColorWare’s PowerBook in Candy Apple
(above left) and iPod in Midnight (above right).
Here’s how
to keep your
’Book stayin’
alive.
W hile it’s nearly impossible to get the purported five
hours of life out of an iBook or PowerBook’s Li-Ion
battery, here’s how to squeeze the last drops of power
from your laptop’s energy source.— NR
GENERAL HEALTH CARE
0 Dim Your Screen
Use the FI key to dim your screen-
backlighting eats up a lot of power.
0 Turn Off Nonessential Features
Turn off AirPortand Bluetooth when
you don’t need them. Also, remove
CDs and DVDs when not in use— if
left in, discs periodically spin up and
down, sucking battery power.
0 Remove Your PowerBook Battery
Powering your laptop on and off— even
when it’s plugged in— can take a toll
on your battery. Removing the battery
in a desktop situation will save power,
although it might mess
with your date and time.
RESUSCITATION
ATTEMPTS
0 Reset Power Management Unit
A confused PMU can prevent your
battery from recharging. Read Apple’s
support document “PowerBook and
iBook: Resetting Power Management
Unit (PMU)” to get instructions for your
specific model of PowerBook or iBook
(http://docs.info.apple.com).
0 Open Firmware Fix
Resetting your PRAM (parameter
random access memory) can help revive
a lethargic
battery. If holding
down Command-Option-
P-R while rebooting doesn’t
do the job, try the industrial-
strength method: Boot into
Open Firmware mode by holding down
Option-Command-O-F. Type reset-
nvram, press Return, then type
reset-all, and press Return again.
Reboot. Warning: Some MacInTouch
(www.macintouch.com) readers
have reported problems booting into
Mac OS X after employing this fix. To
remedy the situation, they reinstalled
recent Apple firmware updates.
FIVE TIPS FOR MAXIMIZING
BATTERY LIFE
March 2004 MacAWict 13
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK MADEO PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF COLORWARE
Chofflp! Chomp! Safari
Price I S9. 95
Available [Now
AstroManic Studios
www.astromanic.com
THE SIXTH ANNUAL
INDEPENDENT
GAMES FESTIVAL
Like Sundance for Games
O n March 24, 2004, the sixth annual
Independent Games Festival
(www.indiegames.com) will honor the
best of indie games. Check out the these
Mac-friendly finalists.— Moft Osborn
YOHOHO! PUZZLE PIRATES
In this massively multiplayer online role-playing game, you
play a pirate who sword fights, sails, and wanders into a
variety of puzzles and games, competing and chatting with
other online pirates all the while. Warning; This game is still
in beta and designed for Panther. Register online fora free
name and password to play.
CHOMP! CHOMP! SAFARI
In this lighthearted puzzler, your goal is to place food next
to hungry animals. Feed them incorrectly, and they could
stampede. Feed them slowly, and you risk running out of
time. Attack and Puzzle modes are free, but you need to
buy the full version to access Adventure mode.
DR. BLOB'S ORGANISM
Dr. Blob’s Organism Is a fast-
paced shoot- ’em-up game where
players blast one-celled organisms
escaping from a Petri dish.
Beasts with mystical powers
fight humans with technological ones In Savage.
A spyr Media announced it will publish the Lord of
The Rings: Return of the King for the Mac, the third-
person action adventure title Electronic Arts published
for nearly every platform but the Mac. Aspyr says
Beenox will do the port. Based on the final installment
of The Lord of The Rings movie trilogy, you can play
Gandalf defending Minas Tirith, Aragorn leading the
Dead, and Frodo and Sam as they destroy
at Mount Doom. As with the PC version, there is
no true networked
multiplayer action
to be had.— A//?
Aaaargh! Nothin* like
sword fightin* in the
sea air!
Feed the animals
in this Flash-based
safari puzzler.
Lord of the Rings:
Return of the King
Price j $49.99
Available ! April 2004
Gandalf the White
battles to save
Middle Earth.
Aspyr Media
www.aspyr.com
SAVAGE: THE BATTLE FOR NEWERTH
Savage combines real-time strategy and first-person shooting
in a beautiful fantasy world where humans and beasts battle
for survival. Side with the humans _
to utilize guns, swords, and even
primitive chemical grenades, or side
with the beasts to invoke mystical
powers. A Mac demo should be out by
the time you read this.
Savage;
The Battle for Newerth
_ PricalS29.&9
Availabie] Q1 2004
S2 Games
www,S20ames,com
ONE RING TO RULE
THE MAC
Or. Blob’s Organism
_ Pries iSlD
Available [ Now
Digital Eel
http;//digltal-eel
.com/organism
Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates
_ Price [Free
Available {Now
Three Rings Design
www.puzzlepirates.com
ON THE
DISC
Chomp! Chomp! Safari 1.0,
Dr. Blob’s Organism 1.0. and
Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates
14 MacAddict March 2004
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK MADEO
The Best Art Created with the Best Tools
NOW & THEM
Adam Freeland
C heck the liner notes on Adam Freeland’s new album, Now & Them (Marine
Parade Ltd., www.marineparade.co.uk), and you’ll see that the vocals on the
song “We Want Your Soul” are credited to Victoria Titanium, the very same gal that
speaks on your Mac (check out System Preferences > Speech > Default Voice).
“Since we didn’t have a vocalist, I wrote the lyrics and used the voice to speak
them back. I would record [the lyrics] into the G4 Tower, through my mixing desk.
We’d chop them up and get them to kind of flow better.” Freeland says, explaining
that he had to intentionally misspell words and elongate vowels to enable Victoria to
pronounce them correctly.
When recording A/OW&
Them, the 30-year-old DJ,
producer, and electronic
artist ran Apple’s (formerly
Emagic’s) Logic Audio on
a Dual 533MHz Power Mac
G4 and an unlucky 500MHz
PowerBook, whose
motherboard fried while
on tour. Freeland Is known
for a style of breakbeat
called “nu-skool breaks,”
which infuses hip-hop,
world beat, and other
sounds into traditional
breakbeat— A//?
ON THE
DISC
Adam Freeland's
“We Want Your Soul”
T| P I for creating a fresher-sounding breakbeat
“Too many people are using software synths and wondering why their sounds
aren’t sounding very fat. Rather than trying to use a drum machine, sample a
classic funk breakbeat.”
SHAREWARE PICK OF THE MONTH
MiCROSYNTH
I http://homepage.mac.com/seishvu/ssworks $20
ON THE
VDISC
mtcroSynth 1.0.3
r.
MICROSYNTH
C heaper than Apple’s GarageBand for experimenting with
MIDI composition, microSynth, from S’s Works, uses your Mac keyboard
to control an onscreen music keyboard. Plus, you can create multitrack tunes
using QuickTime’s built-in MIDI synthesizer. To add instruments, just import
and play SoundFont2 and
DLS format sounds. When
you finish your masterpiece,
you can export it as a
MIDI file that’s playable in
QuickTime Player, a browser,
or another MIDI sequencing
MIDI compositions— your Mac’s keyboard application.— Anc/rew Tokuda
controls the keyboard onscreen.
NEW STUFF
SIMPLESPEAKER
What it is: The little Higoto speaker
plugs into your iPod’s headphone
jack and makes your MP3 player
look like an alien.
Why It’s cool: It’s
inexpensive and
cordless— but don’t
expect big sound.
$10
Available: Now
www.higoto.com
SPY SOFTWARE
What it is: This application logs every
key pressed, application launched, or
image viewed on a designated Mac.
Why it’s cool: ViewRemote sends
information to the KmVfl ma Wfc .
server SO you can
remotely access it $59.99
via a Web-based Available: Now
interface.
wviAV.viewremote.com
WIRELESS INKJET
What it is: This four- color (with an
option for six colors) printer offers
4,800-by-l,200-dpi printing of
4-by-6-inch through letter sizes. Its
support for 802.11b wireless printing
for up to five networked users is
perfect for home offices.
Why it’s cool: HP bills the Deskjet
5850 as a combined home-office
and photo printer.
While we wish
six-color printing
were built-in, the
idea of combining
black-and-white
laser quality with
photo quality
appeals to us.
$249.99
Available: Now
www.hp.com
WORK FROM TIMBUKTU
What it is: This remote-access
software lets you access and transfer
files to and from a remotely located
Mac. This rev adds Panther support,
improvements for faster load times,
the ability to remotely run Apple
System Profiler, plus multibutton
and scroll-wheel
support.
Why it’s cool:
Panther users
can now work
from home.
$79.95 (single user)
Available: Now
www.netopia.com
March 2004 MacAddIct 15
SF
Mac Expo
2004
With the birth of the iPod’s cuter
new sibling, a new and improved set
of iApps, and a brand-new music
creation app, Apple is challenging you
to get seriously creative— and helping
you become seriously cool. Ready?
BY THE MacAdDICT StAFF
A pple’s latest flurry of consumer products is all about cool. The new iPod mini, for
example, holds a lot less than the least-capacious full-size iPod— 4GB compared
with 15GB— but it’s arguably the slickest, mostgorgeous MP3 player in the known
universe. The latest incarnation of the lUfe suite of digital lifestyle apps, iLife ’04, includes
light refreshes of four familiar apps— iTunes 4.2, IPhoto 4 (Apple hurdled over version
3), iMovie 4, and iDVD 4— plus a fifth app: a way-cool new music-creatton tool called
GarageBand. Builtforjaguarand Panther users, the collection can be yours for a mere
49 bucks in brick-’n’-mortar and e-stores by the time you read this. With the exception of
iTunes, this means no more free lApp downloads— though all of iLife will come free on all
new Macs. Turn the page fora closer look at Apple’s new offerings.
March 2004 MacAldict 17
Mac Expo
GarageBand
VK^B No band, instrument, or
musical knowledge required.
T wisted Sister’s Dee Snider said it best. When asked what
he wanted to do with the rest of his life, he proclaimed,
“I wanna rock!” Now, with GarageBand, anyone can—or
if you prefer, you can salsa, hip-hop, get jazzed, and more.
GarageBand allows everyone, from the tone-deaf to the
multi-instrumentalist, to create music easily—with orwithout
an instrument. This recording and sequencing package is
a simplified version of higher-end audio packages such as
Steinberg’s Cubase (www.steinberg.net) and MOTU’s Digital
Performer (www.motu.com), but it includes cool features
none of these apps contains, such as guitar amp emulators,
prerecorded loops, and smart time and key transposing.
Though avid audio editors will find GarageBand's tools lacking,
the average joe and Judy won’t care one bit. To play, you’ll need
a DVD drive to install iLife ’04 and at least a 600MHz G3— a G4
is highly recommended.
Build Songs with Loops If you lack musical talent, you’re a lone
musician, oryour band mates just plain suck, you can build up a
great-sounding song foundation fast using Apple Loops— short,
prerecorded instrument riffs (sampled audio and MID!) played by
real musicians. You can audition loops by selecting an instrument
type from a 1,000-plus collection; a mood such as cheerful,
relaxed, or intense; or a music genre, including rock and blues,
electronic, and jazz. Then just drag and drop loops into the
timeline, move them around, change volumes, edit notes, and
lengthen or shorten loops to build a song— the app matches each
loop’s timing and key to make everything sound Juuuust right
Your Mac, Your Instrument Chances are you don't own every
instrument known to God or humankind, but you want to create
your own melodies with instruments you lack. GarageBand
includes some of the most realistic-sounding virtual
instruments we’ve ever heard— the acoustic guitar, for example,
is amazing, right down to the string squeaks. GarageBand
includes over 50 software instruments, including various drum
kits, guitars, vocals, pianos, brass, and woodwinds. You need
a USB or MIDI music keyboard (the type with black-and-white
keys— not the alphanumerical kind) to play and record these
instruments, or you can click out a basic melody using the
built-in onscreen keyboard. And if your piano-playing skills
aren’t up to snuff, you can right your wrong notes and fix the
timing afterwards. Don’t like the instrument sound after you’ve
GarageBand’s Interface is so easy to use that we’re predicting a
renaissance in amateur music composition— from the truly Inspired
to the narcissistically insipid.
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TRACKS
GarageBand includes over 50 remarkably Assemble your song layer by layer,
realistic-sounding digital instruments. \ i i 1^ i > 1^ i ■ y l^i t i i i whether the layers be Apple Loops
Ifyou need more, pop for the $99 Jam [ | J sampled from real instruments (blue),
MIDI software instruments (green), or
^ your own performances (purple).
IPS
GarageBand - My Song
Pack (see pl9), and add another 100.
MASTER VOLUME
CONTROLS
APPLE LOOP PREVIEW
APPLE LOOP SELECTION
■4® Dreamy Guitar
Familiar tape -transport and record buttons control
playback and recording, and a digital timer tells
you where you are in your composition with
l,000th-of-a-second accuracy, plus your
composition’s beats-per-minute rating.
j After you’ve narrowed your loop list, audition
\ your chosen loop by simply clicking It. Add It to
[ your Favorites list by clicking a check box.
Res«t O
Favorites
Piano
SingFe
Drums
Drum a!
Clean
Relaxed
Chof^ful
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World
Country
Narrow your choice of Apple Loops
by choosing instrument type,
musical style, mood, and timbre.
25 Items
Distort^
Electric
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112
Atmospheric Lead
" ■ Flngerstyle Line
C 3 Funky Wah
B Muted Electric
You can adjust your
composition’s master
volume with dick-and-drag
precision, and expand each
track to control per-track
volume levels.
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18 MacAldlct March 2004
ALL SCREENSHOTS COURTESY OF APPLE; OPENING PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK MADEO
JAM PACK PHOTOGRRAPH COURTESY OF APPLE
Jam Pack
It’s an entire musicians’ union in a box.
If your musical tastes are eclectic
or if GarageBand’s stash-o’-sounds
doesn’t completely fill your needs,
grab GarageBand Jam Pack for an
extra 99 bucks. It gives you over
2,000 more Apple Loops, 100-plus
extra software instruments, over
100 additional audio effects, and
15 more guitar amps. Then tell your
old band mates to hit the road.
Jam Pack offers you 2,000
additional sourtds.
recorded it? No problem, just select a new instrument— your
notes will remain unchanged.
Record and Edit Live Performances If you’re musically
inclined— or just thinkyou are— you can play, beat, and
scream out a performance and record it
for posterity, just hook up an instrument
or microphone to your Mac through its
audio-in port, press GarageBand’s record
button, and wail away, one track at a
time, if you’ve got bad timing, the built-in
metronome will help you stay on the beat.
When you’re finished, you can edit out
parts of your performance, nudge a track in
the timeline if your timing was off, or even
turn your audio into a loop. For guitarists
and bassists, GarageBand comes with four
emulated amp models divvied up into 21
infinitely customizable amp sounds (from
cool jazz tones to big-hair arena rock), so
you can simply plug in and play.
Lay On the Effects Audio effects can do a
lot to make lackluster tracks sound great.
GarageBand includes 200 effects such as
chorus and echo to make sounds fuller,
compressor to make them more powerful,
noise gate to get rid of hisses and hums,
and reverb to mask a less-than-stellar performance. Simply
layer on a few audio-engineer-tuned presets, or tweak effects
settings to your liking. When you’re finished, just export the
mix to iTunes, toss your opus onto a CD or your iPod, or add
it to your oeuvre.
iPhoto 4
Keep loading in all your
digital photos — iPhoto 4
can handle ’em all.
r;
> ememberthe old days, when slowly
scrolling through your 1,000-picture
I iPhoto Library was more painful than
looking at Michael Jackson’s mug shot?
Thankfully, those days are over. iPhoto 4
(upgraded from iPhoto 2— don’t ask...) can
now handle 25,000 photos with what Apple
calls “blazing performance” and comes with
lots of new features, including some very
iTunes-esque ones.
iPhoto 4 offers improved methods
of organizing your albums, including
automatically creating one album for each of
the past four years and throwing anything before that into an
Early Photos album— and it uses the date you took the image
rather than the date you imported it as its guide, in addition to
a Last Roll album, there’s also a Last 12 Months album— and
if 12 months doesn’t suit your needs, you can pick a different
time period. Like iTunes, iPhoto 4 now has Smart Albums,
which allow you to organize photos based on date, as well as
iPhoto 4 offers date-based albums as well as Smart Albums.
keywords or ratings you supply.
You can play with iPhoto’s new sepia effect— and when you
tire of your own pictures, you can check out someone else’s. Via
Rendezvous, other iPhoto Libraries on your network can appear
in your iPhoto Library pane, allowing you to view those pictures
on your Mac. just make sure to delete your more personal
photos— unless you’re an exhibitionist.
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Save time and help yourself to more
creative freedom.
iTunes 4.2
Not much new—
but at ieast it’s still free.
I n iMovie 4, you can edit clips in timeline view as well as apply effects and transitions
simultaneously to multiple clips, even ones that aren’t next to each other— both huge
time-savers. iMovie 4 also offers massive audio-editing improvements. You can use its
new alignment guides to line up audio and video clips, and you can now view audio-track
waveforms and listen
to audio as you scrub
through video.
Other iMovie 4
improvements include
the power to import
iSight video, the
ability to lay titles over
colored backgrounds
(not just black), and
more titles, such as
a spinning effect and
that ol’ familiar Star
1/l/urs-style text-
scrolling dealio. A new
Share option houses
the familiar QuickTime export options as well as new output possibilities. For instance,
you can publish your video to your .Mac HomePage, email it, or save it to a compatible
Bluetooth device.
iDVD 4 adds 20 new themes, along with an AutoPlay feature that lets you set a movie
or slide show to play automatically when you load a DVD, and a navigation map that gives
you a flowchart-style overview of your DVD’s layout. iDVD 4 also comes with a slew of
slick transitions, such as page-flip, cube, and dissolve, which you can add to slide shows
and use for menu transitions. For those of you who can’t seem to whittle down your home
movies, iDVD uses the same encoding as DVD Studio Pro, which allows you to get two
hours of video on a DVD at a higher quality than ever before, according to Apple.
iDVD 4 is no dog— It includes new themes and a navigation map.
A pple recently updated its iTunes
Music Store with 12,000 new
classical tracks from Decca and
Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft,
advancing that collection from
ludicrously underpopulated to merely
disappointing. On the bright side, you can
also now browse tunes as they appear
on Billboard’s Top 100 lists from 1946
through 2003. The Music Store’s offerings
now exceed half a million.
In addition, Apple has optimized iTunes
for the iPod mini. If your iTunes Music
Library is larger than the 4GB capacity
of the iPod mini— or, for that matter,
the capacity of any iPod— iTunes will
automatically prioritize the download,
syncing most-played, top-rated, and
Playlist tracks first so that the music you
most care about makes it onto your player.
Mew ^ ^
BilllKXiid.
Charts
TOP100SC»tGS-
Reminisce with the new Billboard’s Top
100 selections.
Final Cut Express 2
This sequel is better than the original.
Final Cut Express put high-end DV-editing tools into the
hands of consumers for a fraction of Final Cut Pro’s price, and
represented a big step up from iMovie. Unlike most Hollywood
sequels. Express’s follow-up looks even better than the
original. In version 2, you get more Pro features for the same
$299 price ($99 upgrade). Based on Final Cut Pro 4 technology.
Express 2 now handles up to five DV streams in real time;
lets you preview filters, transitions, and effects in real time;
features automated audio keyframing; supports Audio Units;
and allows you to export markers for Soundtrack, DVD Studio
Pro, iDVD, and Compression postproduction work. Plus, it
features practically everything you need to edit video,
color-correct footage, add keying effects, create motion titles,
record voice-overs, and become a better moviemaker.
Unless you’re Sophia Coppola, Peter Jackson, and Anthony
Minghetla all rolled into one, Final Cut Express 2 may provide
all the video-editing chops you need.
20 Mac/tddict March 2004
DOCKED IPOD PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK MADEO FIVE IPODS PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF APPLE
T he IPod mini ($249, www.apple.com) is Apple’s smaller,
cheaper, more colorful music player for consumers
who find standard iPods too large, too expensive, too
scratchable, or too white.
Weighing 3.6 ounces, the 4GB iPod mini comes in a
scratch-resistant anodized aluminum similar to the casing
on PowerBooks. Since Its narrow form factor can’t house the
standard IPod’s four-button interface, Apple put the iPod mini’s
buttons right on the Touch Wheel, which scrolls through exactly
the same user interface you’ll find on the rest of the iPod line,
but on a smaller (yet sharper) 1.67-inch LCD display. Perhaps
in homage to the fruit-flavored iMacs, Apple also brought back
colors— this time in more tasteful pastel casts of silver, gold,
pink, blue, and green.
Unlike other portable music players of its size, the iPod mini
Apple goes after active, fashion-conscious music listeners with the
smaller, Easter-colored iPod mini line.
does not store music on flash-based media such as SD cards
but rather on a tiny 1-inch hard disk, which informed sources
say comes from Hitachi. Apple tells us you get the same 25
minutes of skip protection as on standard iPods.
Whether the iPod mini succeeds depends on whether it
proves as rugged as similarly sized flash-based players and
whether people think it’s worth the price— an especially touchy
point, since Apple has increased the storage capacity on its
base-model $299 iPod to 15GB. With an extra 11GB available
for only $50 more, the iPod mini will have to rely on its beauty
and compact stature for its success— and we’ll avoid the
obvious comparisons to Hollywood starlets. ■
Little Sister and Big Brother
The two most affordable iPods have identical software, skip protection,
and battery life— but that’s where the similarities end.
iPod mini
$249
4GB
3.6 by 2.0 by 0.5 inches
3.6 ounces
silver, gold, pink, blue, green
1.67-inch diagonal
25 minutes
156B iPod
$299
_15GB
4.1 by 2.4 by 0.62 inches
5.6 ounces
white
2-inch diagonal
25 minutes
iPod mini
CJIs now giving
the MacAddict staff
all kinds of body-
image issues.
iPod mini Accessories
it’s not ail in the box.
iPod mini Arm Band $29
When you’re exercising, an iPod strapped to your arm with the
iPod mini Arm Band will experience less hard-drive stress than
one jostling around in your pocket, backpack, or belly-bag.
In-Ear Headphones $39
Apple’s alternative to the bundled earbuds comes in
three form-fitting sizes from small to large. Try them all out.
since wearing a size that’s too big could hinder the
headphones’ performance.
iPod mini Dock $39
This item unfortunately doesn’t come free with your new
iPod mini. The FireWire 400 (USB 2.0 for PC users) dock
charges and syncs your iPod mini with your iTunes Library.
It also has a headphone jack for hooking up to speakers.
March 2004 Mao4ddict 21
Sneak Peek-
Microsoft
Office
2004
BY Cathy Lu
TT^^hen Microsoft Office v. X came out more than two years ago, it was all about one thing; driving
1 the move to Mac OS X. It was one of the first major apps to run in Mac OS X, but it offered only
r r doggie scraps in terms of innovative new features.
Microsoft Office 2004 is all about innovative.
Want a central way to organize all of the bits and bytes of data that relate to one project?
Office 2004’s got it. Want to take lecture notes while recording the lecture? Word 2004 can do that.
Need a place to keep text and images that you can access from any Office app? It’s in there.
Microsoft recently visited our offices and gave us a taste of what’s to come in Office 2004,
showing off a few of the productivity suite’s more fantastic features. At the time, the company
remained zip-lipped about all other additions
and couldn’t comment on features we’ve been
praying for, such as better junk-mail filtering
in Entourage and improved charting options
in Excel, so we can’t report on additional
enhancements— for now. Even so, we saw
enough in Office 2004 to get us hyped up
for the next generation of life-enhancing,
timesaving productivity.
Nuts and Bolts
Office 2004 for Mac
Company: Microsoft
Web Site: www.microsoft.com/mac
Release Date: First half of 2004
Price: Should be similar to current pricing
Requirements: Mac OS 10.2.8 and later
How much more powerful
can Microsoft’s veteran
Office suite get?
You have no idea.
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Project Center
No more excuses — it's time to organize your projects and your life.
Is getting organized number two on your list of New
Year’s Resolutions, right after losing 10 pounds? While
Office 2004 can’t help— and could hurt— in the losing
10 pounds department, it might just provide the kick in
the too-tight pants you need to get organized. With Office
2004’s Project Center, you can manage all of your projects.
Project Center lives in Entourage (it’s just another
window view like your email, calendar, and addresses)
and provides an overview of your project by telling you your
deadlines, what’s on your to-do list, and what your schedule
looks like— and that’s just the beginning. A project can also
store related files (Word docs, PDFs, and so forth), email
messages, contacts, and notes.
Setting up a new project is simple; just click the Project
Center button in the upper- left corner of Entourage, then click
New. From there, Entourage plays 20 Questions, asking you
about due dates, what items you want to import, and which
emails you want to associate with the project. It also asks if
you want to create a Project Watch Folder, a folder on your drive
that’s linked to your project.
Even though Project Center lives in Entourage, it’s part of
every Office 2004 app. You can assign docs you create to
a certain project, and each app has a Project palette (see
“Toolbox,” p27). Here’s an overview of Project Center.
Project Center Button Click this button to access the Project
Center interface, and you’ll see ail of your projects listed in
the window below. Note that you can assign different colors to
different projects (just as you can with Entourage categories).
Overview Pane View a summary of your project in the Overview
pane, including your week’s schedule and unaccomplished
tasks, as well as items like new and recent mail, recent files.
items due this week, and past due items (you can customize the
two columns below tasks at the bottom of this window).
Schedule Here you view your schedule and your tasks. You can
view by month, week, or workweek, and you can look at just those
events related to your project or all events on your calendar.
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Mall In the Mail pane, you can view all the emails associated
with a project. To associate an email, drag It into this pane.
Also, during the project setup process, you can tell Entourage
to associate emails from designated project contacts as well
as any emails with subject-line keywords you specify.
Files Here you get quick access to all files related to your
project. You can add any file to your Watch Folder by clicking the
Add button, and you can send any file as an email attachment
by clicking the Send button.
The Project Center houses all of your important project information under one roof.
Contacts Here you can view all contacts
associated with your project, and click the
MSN Messenger button for quick access to
your Messenger buddies.
Clippings and Notes Clippings (see screenshot,
top of facing page) come from your Scrapbook—
a new feature in Office 2004 (see “Scrapbook,”
p26). In Notes, you can view your related
Entourage Notes— an oft- overlooked feature
of Entourage that lets you keep text notes.
Watch Folders Clicking these buttons opens up
one of the Watch Folders that you designated
in the setup wizard. Watch Folders live in
your Finder and are associated with your
project. Any files you add to a Watch Folder are
automatically linked to your project. Add files
» by clicking Add or dragging them to the Watch
Folder in the Finder.
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Word’s Notebook
Take the drag out of note-taking with this digital
rendition of the old-fashioned paper notebook.
We suspect this scenario will be familiar to many of you; You’re
sitting in a meeting or lecture hall, and the boss or professor is
talking a mile and a half a minute. You’re trying to keep up on
your PowerBook, but instead of writing “Project due February
27,” somehow your Mac (not you, of course) types “Projeu dsue
jajoienry 18.” When you look back at your notes, you regret not
having taken touch-typing in high school.
Luckily, you might find salvation In Word 2004’s Notebook
Layout view. Mimicking the look of ruled notebook paper, this
view lets you tap out notes that Word will format as an outline.
Tabs at the right organize notes on different subjects, and you
can create new tabs by clicking the plus-sign (+) tab.
You know how when you take pages and pages of notes, you’re
constantly flipping through that notebook or scrolling through that
Word doc looking for that one essential note? Via the Formatting
Palette, you can instantly flag certain lines with check boxes,
exclamation points, and question marks. You can even set a note
as an Entourage task. Also via the Formatting Palette, you can sort
your notes in ascending or descending order, oryou can promote
Word’s new Notebook view is totally old school. In a good way.
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your notes. Click the speaker icon to listen.
or demote a line to create more hierarchy. You can also drag and
drop items and lines to move text around.
While all this is useful, it still doesn’t solve your “Projeu dsue
jajoienry 18” problem. That’s why the minute you sit down in
class, at a meeting, or In an interview, you’ll want to press the
round red record button In the new audio toolbar. In Notebook
view. Word can record audio as you type notes. Every line you type
(after pressing Return) gets a time stamp, so that when you want
to play back the audio of a section, all you have to do is hover
your mouse over the first line of the section and click the blue
speaker icon that appears (sorry, Word can’t transcribe the
audio for you— we humans still need something to do). Word
uses MPEG -4 as its audio format,
which means an hour of audio will
produce a 6MB or 7MB file— now
that*s compression.
One final bonus;
comprehensive searches. Say
you’re cramming for a biology
exam and are having trouble
telling your Golgi bodies apart
from your endoplasmic reticula.
Just do a search force//, and Word
will highlight all instances of that word, as well
as the tabs under which they appear.
THE BUZZ
We can’t wait to get our poor,
overworked Cinderella fingers
on Word’s Notebook, especially
its ability to record audio while
we’re taking notes.
THE BUZZ KILL
Until Word 2004 comes out,
typing’s just going to seem
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Sneak Peek:
Microsoft
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Scrapbook
Store graphics, text, and other bits and bobs.
Along with bad TV and Sunday afternoons, one of the greatest time-
wasters in the world is the inability to get organized enough to avoid
performing repetitive tasks in Microsoft Office. For example, if you’re a
heavy Office user, you may find yourself constantly accessing a few of the
same logos or graphics to stick into newsletters or PowerPoint. Or if you’re
like us, you’re constantly typing the same Word document headers again and
again because you never bothered to make a template.
Office 2004’s new Scrapbook feature might change your habits. The
Scrapbook, accessible from the new toolbox palette (see “Toolbox,” facing
page), stores any images or bits of text you need to access often. To add
something to the Scrapbook, create that element
in your Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file, then click
Add in the toolbox’s Scrapbook palette. Once
you’ve added the item, you can add keywords
to help you search for it later, or assign it to a
category or project (see “Project Center,” p24).
To add an element from the Scrapbook to your
document, drag and drop it, or highlight the item
in the palette and click Paste.
THE BUZZ
Many Office features go
underutilized because they’re
either buried or not worth the
hassle. The Scrapbook is a simple,
intuitive, in-your-face way to keep
oft-used graphics and text by
your side.
THE BUZZ KILL
If you add a graphic to the
Scrapbook and then tweak the
graphic in its native app, Office
doesn’t automatically update it.
The Scrapbook palette lets you keep frequently
used graphics and text close at hand.
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Compatibility Reports
Never send an incompatible document again.
If you plan to hobnob with PC users or Ice Age Mac users (those
running olderversions of Office), you’ll appreciate Office 2004’s
ability to create compatibility reports. This feature lets you
check your documents to make sure they’ll appear correctly
formatted to users of Office 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003 for
THE BUZZ
If you converse with the
outside world via PowerPoint
presentations, Word docs, and
Excel spreadsheets, you’ll be
thankful for the ability to check fife
compatibility with other versions
of Office.
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If you’re like us. and you and your
documents stay in their Mac OS X
cliques, the Compatibility Report
feature won’t mean much.
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2001, orv.X for Mac.
From within Word, Excel, or
PowerPoint, you can access the
Compatibility Report palette via
the new toolbox
(see “Toolbox,”
facing page).
Choose which
versions of Office you want to check your
document against, and Office will produce a list of
elements in your document that might not make
the journey correctly to another version of Office.
Highlight any note in the list to find out more
about the problem and— if it can— Office will offer
a fix; to remedy the issue, click the Fix button. For
example, if you’ve created a transparency effect
in PowerPoint, some olderversions of Office
(such as Office 98 or 2001 for Mac) can’t display
it. Clicking Fix will remove the effect.
The CompatibiUty Report feature tells you if your
doc won’t fly in other versions of Office. If only
finding a spouse were this formulaic.
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Toolbox
Move over. Formatting Palette — there's a new palette in town.
The toolbox palette floats alongside the Formatting Palette (if you want it to) in Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint, and houses all the new Office-wide features weVe been spouting about;
Scrapbook, Compatibility Report, and Project Center. For example, when you view the
Projects palette, you’ll see an overview of your project, including the day’s schedule, your
to-do tasks, and how many days until it’s due. Your deadline
is literally staring you in the face.
Speaking of palettes, the Formatting Palette can now
pull a David Copperfield— nearly— and turn transparent
(but not invisible). In fact, you can customize the effect
by setting the amount of time before it turns transparent,
as well as the level of transparency (it can go to 90
percent transparent).
THE BUZZ
We can't wait to ooh and aah
at the Formatting Palette's new
transparency feature.
THE BUZZ KILL
While we like the new features
the toolbox houses, we’re
not psyched about having yet
another window open on our
desktop. But of course, we can
choose not to display it.
Here the new toolbox is displaying the Projects palette.
Looks like someone better get movin’.
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You'll never look at spreadsheets the same way again.
All you Excel users, we know you’re into pain— otherwise
why would you like spreadsheets so much? Fortunately (or
unfortunately foryou masochists), Microsoft has taken some
of the pain out of spreadsheets with Its new Page Layout view
(a Mac-first feature). Instead of havingto guess at how your
spreadsheet will turn out when you print it (then cursing like
Eminem when it prints out with the last two columns on a separate
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Page Layout view lets you see the layout of your spreadsheet
and exactly how it will print out, which is useful for, say, tweaking
the size of columns so your whole spreadsheet fits on one page
and thus avoiding that awkward page break, in Page Layout
view, you can manipulate margins, headers, footers, and page
count onscreen, and the Formatting Palette offers a number of
page setup options. For example,
you can set your document to
portrait or landscape, choose
to view or print gridlines, or set
your worksheet to fit on a single
page— and you can see the results
in realtime.
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You’ll appreciate the ability
to view and manipulate your
spreadsheets much more easily.
Plus, think of all the beautiful
trees you’ll save now that you
have more control over the
printing of spreadsheets.
THE BUZZKILL
It feels more like an overdue
addition than a killer feature. But
we’re just nitpicking.
Finally, spreadsheets appear onscreen the way they will when you print them.
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Mac/4ddict 27
Relax. The
next time
you throw a
party, let your
Mac do the
entertaining.
hrowing
a brilliant
party— the
kind people rave about for
weeks afterward— is hard
work. Drinks need to flow,
tunes need to play, and
partygoers need to mingle.
To pull off this daunting
task, you need just the
right mix of friends, drinks,
food, music, mood, and
Macs— yes, Macs.
Recently, we threw a bash
at the fabulously hip San
Francisco loft Unified
Design Labs (www
.unifieddesignlabs.com),
a design studio with a love
for loud music and graphic
communication. We rolled
in our Macs, iPods, digital
cameras, photo printers,
games, and other gadgets
to amuse, wow, and
otherwise entertain our
friends as they partied the
night away. Here’s how we
pulled it off.
by Narasu Rebbapragada
photography by Mark Madeo
March 2004 Mac/4ddjct 29
Partywith^ur Mac
N othing gets a party going like
a DJ spinning fat beats on a
fat sound system. But getting
those boxes of vinyl records and CDs to
your event can be a heavy-lifting
nightmare. Being averse to hard manual labor, we
ditched that tonnage for the portability of two iPods.
Similar to howa D] spinning vinyl would mix tracks
from records spinning on two turntables through a
mixer, our digital DJ mixed tracks from his two iPods
using the same type of multichannel stereo-input
mixer a vinyl DJ would use— we used an Allen and
Heath Xone 32 ($1,099, www.topdjgear.com
/alandhexoscm.html). We then fed the music through
a Peavey QW 118P ($1,599.99, www.peavey.com)
18-inch powered subwoofer and two Peavey Impulse
1015P powered speaker enclosures ($949.99 each)
to produce mammoth, club-style sound. If you don’t
have a sound system as sick as this, fret not— this
setup will work on whatever system you plug your
four-channel (or two stereo-channel) mixer into.
How much music you bring is up to you. While
a 40GB iPod can hold up to 8,000 5MB MP3 files,
standard 128-Kbps encoded MP3 sounds like crap on
a pro sound system. You’re better off using CD-quality
AIFF files— they consume about 25MB each but sound
much better.
Another tip from the pros: Organize your tunes into
Playlists and practice before your Bacchanalia— when
mixing tracks on iPods, you can’t control pitch or
match beats the way you can with CDs and vinyl.
Plus, a word to the wise from DJ Richie Hawtin, aka
Plastikman: Use your thumbs, not your fingers, to
scroll through songs— it’s easier (see “Spin Different,”
Oct/03, plO).
30 . .2004
ow many times have you
gone to a party and — D’oh! —
forgotton to bring your
camera? Anticipate your guests’ amnesia
and create your own cheesy photo booth.
This portable four-color USB printer outputs crisp
borderless 4-by-6-, 5-by-7-, and 8-by-lO-inch prints.
Remember to stock up on extra ink cartridges (one
black, one three-color) so that late-night prints don’t
turn a lighter shade of pale.
If you want to instill rabid party-envy, set up a
videoconference with friends who couldn’t make It to
To start, set a couple of digital cameras
on a table so guests can capture your
party’s most epic moments. We went with
two compact, stylin’ snappers: Sony’s
2-megapixel Cyber-shot U ($249.95,
www.sonystyle.com) and Canon’s
4-megapixel PowerShot SDIO Digital
Elph ($449, www.powershot.com). The
Cyber-shot U, although gorgeous in
orange, silver, or black, is a bare-bones
point-and-shoot with no zoom. We prefer
the PowerShot SDlO—which comes In
bronze, white, black, orsilver— for Its 5.7x
digital (sorry, no optical) zoom and more-
intuitive interface (especially helpful after
Martini number four).
Now, how annoying would it be if all
your guests called you up the next day
asking for copies of those photos? Very.
We preempted potentially annoying
phone calls by providing USB cables
so they could download photos onto a
couple of iPhoto-equipped PowerBooks.
Tip: To help your Mac-challenged revelers,
make sure iPhoto Is set to launch when
a camera is plugged In. Launch Image Capture (in
your Applications folder); go into Image Capture >
Preferences; click the Camera tab; and in the
When Camera Is Connected, Open pop-up menu,
select IPhoto.
We also provided Canon’s 170 Color Bubble Jet
Printer ($249.99, www.canon.com) with photo paper
so guests could printout and take home photos.
your affair. Using our print-station PowerBooks, we
set up Apple’s iChat AV video-conferencing software
($29.95 in jaguar and free in Panther, www.apple.com)
and a couple of iSight Web cams ($149). We attached
one ISight to the top of our 17-Inch PowerBook, and
the otherto an oh-so-au-courant, bendable MacMice
SightFlex iSight stand ($29.99, www.macmice.com),
which we plugged into our FireWire port.
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your guests* eyes, ears,
and brains a break.
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chill space — a room or corner
where tired partiers go to unwind. To
create a serene environment worthy
of chill, you need relaxing tunes, calming eye candy,
a mind-numbingly addictive activity, and a laidback
host. Having been there, done that, seen it all and
lived to tell about it, our old 350MHz “Sawtooth”
Power Mac G4 volunteered for the job. First we
outfitted ourol’ buddy with the VGA version of
the 17-inch Formac gallery 1740 display ($599,
www.formac.com), which has a similar design to the
Apple Cinema Display but plugs into the old-fashioned
VGA port on our trusty G4. Next, we connected
Auravision's eluminX USB keyboard ($79.95, http://
auravisionllc.com), which glows an eerie purplish-
white fora little extra cool. (On this PC-centric
keyboard, the key with the Windows icon functions
as the Command key.)
To complete the look, we hooked up Harman
Multimedia's spacy-looking JBL Invader 4.1
surround-sound system ($179.95, www.harman-
multimedia.com). When plugged directly into a
Mac's speaker jack, the Invader’s 40-watt speakers
and subwoofer interpolate the Mac’s stereo output
into multimedia surround sound. For even better
sound, plug the Invader setup into a multichannel-
sound device such as M-Audio’s USB Sonica Theater
($119.95, www.m-audio.com).
We constructed the jukebox itself in iTunes by
loading four hours of MP3s into our iTunes Library,
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Harman Multimedia’s JBL
gallery 1740 display.
PowerLite SI projector.
eluminX USB keyboard.
Invader speaker system.
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IGO PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF RAIN DESIGN
sorting them into Playlists labeled Relaxing, Very
Relaxing, and Xanaxed for our guests to choose
from. Selecting Repeat All from the iTunes Controls
menu ensured the music would continuously loop
and not disrupt our eye candy: the third-party
iTunes Visualizer plug-in Kaleidostrobe X (free,
www.lasi.org).
We projected these visuals on a white wall using
Epson’s PowerLite SI ($999, www.epson.com). This
1,200-lumen projector, the least expensive and
dimmest in Epson’s multimedia projector line, was
still plenty bright when hooked up to our Mac via VGA.
Since our 17-inch Formac gallery display used up the
one and only VGA port that came witKour aging G4,
we added a Radeon 7000 ($129, www.ati.com) to an
empty PCI slot so we could have a second VGA port for
the PowerLite SI.
The final element of the chill space: a mind-
numbing, addictive activity. We provided a Web
surfing station on a neon-lighted Power Mac G5 (see
*‘Pimp Out Your G5”, Feb/04, p66) and pointed Safari
at www.theweirdsite.com.
Digital Fried
Chicken’s
BarWare Deluxe.
Rain Design’s
IGo table.
rom Abe’s Tropical Night in
Hell to the old familiar Zombie,
there are thousands of
different mixed drinks out there, but no
one ever orders anything more exciting
than a gin and tonic. To expand our guests’ alcoholic
horizons, we outfitted a bar with two iMacs (for
smaller— or more sober— gatherings, one will do) and
loaded them up with Digital Fried Chicken’s BarWare
Deluxe ($12.95, www.digitalfriedchicken.com). One
of our iMacs lounged luxuriously on Rain Design’s iGo
table ($399, www.igo4mac.com), inviting people to
explore the fascinating world of cocktails.
BarWare Deluxe’s concept is simple. Essentially
a souped-up FileMaker Pro database stocked with
drink recipes, BarWare Deluxe lets you search for
and browse through exotic drink recipes, such as the
Havana Cocktail and the KGB, as well as old favorites
like the Martini and the Cosmopolitan. Make sure
your bar is fully stocked because your guests will
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provide—in fact, after sufficient BarWare
Deluxe experimentation, they may even smash
things. Oh, and the software doesn’t card, so
make sure you do.
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become evident that the cute
girl on your right likes the guy
on her right, who’s really interested in
the guy on your left, who supposedly
has a girlfriend but was really checking out the
girl on your right, who just called it a night. Right?
When you tire of playing these kinds of games,
head over to a Mac and play some real games. We
loaded MacSoft's Unreal Tournament 2003 ($19.95,
www.macsoftgames.com) on an eMac because at
party time we were still waiting for our copy of Unreal
Tournament 2004 ($49.95). Get out your love-life
frustrations by shooting everything in sight, either
in single-player or multiplayer mode (if you have an
Internet connection). For console gamers who don’t
get the whole keyboard-gaming thing, offer a game
controller such as the Gravis Eliminator GamePad
Pro ($29.99, www.gravis.com). For cordless action,
go with the Logitech Cordless RumblePad ($49.95,
www.logitech.com). Note: You'll only enjoy the
RumblePad’s force-feedback effects if the game
you’re playing supports them.
If your squad’s more mod than murderous, then
check out MacPlay’s No One Lives Forever 2 ($49.99,
www.macplay.com), a stylish ’60s action-adventure
title starring the lovely Cate Archer.
I Logitech’s Cordless
I RumblePad.
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Armed with lock-picking barrettes and exploding
tubes of lipstick, Archer outclasses any Bond girl in
her efforts to destroy the evil organization H.A.R.M.
Archer enjoyed the power of our Power Mac G5.
Finally, there’s the Pictionary crowd, who would
rather debate the etymology of bots than, heaven
forbid, frag them. (Hint: This is the horn-rimmed crew
sipping cognac in the corner.) For this brainiac lot,
point an Internet-connected Mac to Shockwave.com
(www.shockwave.com), where free versions of word
games, such as Bookworm and Word Mojo, abound.*
The Invite
A killer invitation is the harbinger of a killer
party. Here are three easy ways to make one.
APPLE ICARDS If you're Inviting a
handful of guests, send personalized email •
greetings with Apple iCards. Use one of the six
celebration-oriented designs already on the
site, or upload your own picture (that option is
only possible if you have a .Mac account),
free, www.mac.com/WebObjects/iCards
EVITE Evite's Web-based invitations, which
also manage your guests’ RSVPs, are the easiest
way to invite the masses to your event and keep
tabs on who’s coming and who’s an elitist loser.
free, www.evite.com
SCRIPT SOFTWARE’S EASY CARD
The prefab designs and images that come with
this simple invitation-creation software are
cheesy, but the ability to email or print your I
invites, along with the folding lines provided
in the templates, take the guesswork out of
making invites. We advise you to use your
own artwork for smarter-looking invites.
$20, http://scriptsoftware.com
Preventing
Party Fouls
Follow these simple safeguards if you want your
Mac to survive the party, the after-party, and the
after-after-party.
BACK UP Back up your files before your party
in case of crashes and accidental file deletions.
CREATE A NEW USER ACCOUNT
Create a new user account where your guests
can create, modify, and store files. This way their
documents will remain separate, keeping yours
tucked away from prying eyes.
LOCK STUFF DOWN Bad eggs show
up at good parties, so lock down your Macs,
cameras, and iPods with security cables.
Kensington has a wide variety of devices, such
as the MicroSaver security cable ($39.95 street,
WWW, kensington.com).
PROTECT YOUR KEYBOARDS
With parties come drinks— and you know what
that means. Protect your Apple Pro keyboard with
the iSkin ProTouch ($29.99, www.tskin.com),
and protect your ’Books with the iSkIn ProTouch
PB ($19.99).
We still can*t
1 find News Editor
Narasu Rebbapragada.
We assume she’s
still sleeping off
her excursion into
BarWare Deluxe.
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This spikey critter is actually a Hunter,
one of the toughest enemies you’ll face in
Halo. You can take him out with a pistol if
you know where to shoot— aim for the dark
orange part of his back.
As you get deeper into the game,
you discover that you and your enemy,
the alien Covenant, face a common
threat known collectively as the Flood:
wild-turkey-size fleas that zombify their
victims and have a taste for both human
and alien blood. Everything changes
when you discover the Flood— suddenly
you have two enemies, and have to
decide which side to target in the
frequent three-way firefights.
We can’t say enough about the
excellent balance of fighting and
strategy in this game. Firefights include
brute-force combat against wave after
wave of hard-dying Covenant Jackals,
Halo: Combat Evolved
RAUCOUS COMBAT GAME
T he long and sordid origin of Halo
plays out like a video game unto
itself. In a nutshell, Microsoft bought
developer Bungle and co-opted Halo as
the flagship game for its Xbox gaming
console, putting the Mac version on
hold. Mac gamers feared Microsoft
would abandon them entirely. If you’re
still crying over this nearly spilled milk,
get over it: Halo’s here, and it’s as
awesome as you’ve heard.
First the bad news: If you haven’t
bought a new Mac in the past year,
you might need to evolve your system
to match this game. If you’ve already
given up and bought an Xbox, the Mac
version’s graphics can’t compete— even
when played on the current top-of-the-
line Mac-compatible graphics card,
the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. Otherwise,
the game’s strengths— killer vehicles,
brilliant pacing, smart Al, expansive
levels, and a careful balance of
shoot- 'em-up mayhem and careful
strategizing— more than compensate.
In the single-player campaign, you’re
the Master Chief— the last hope for
planet Earth. You’re the last of your
species of Spartan-11 bioenhanced
superwarriors, and you’re leading
a troop of Marines on a do-or-die
mission to save humankind. And die
you will— some of the missions pit you
against insurmountable odds. We had
to replay some missions an inordinate
number of times before we could figure
out the best plan of attack. Luckily, most
checkpoints (places where the game
autosaves your progress) are spaced
so you don’t have to recover too much
ground. Give yourself an advantage by
diligently scavenging all the stray ammo
and unexploded grenades from your
fallen foes and by frequently saving your
game at checkpoints, usingthe in-game
pause menu. When you come across
vehicles placed seemingly at random,
get aboard— they’re there for a reason.
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GOOD NEWS: )t’s finally here and it was worth the
wait. Excellent pace and balance. Vehicles rock.
BAD NEWS: Most Macs don’t have enough power to
handle it. Some levels get repetitive.
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Elites, and Hunters. And that’s not to
mention the Grunts— they’re cute and
easy to kill, but they attack in swarms,
and their Plasma Grenades spell certain
death when the Grunts score a direct hit
and the grenade sticks to you. When you
get the chance, make sure to scavenge
any dropped Plasma Grenades— they’re
highly effective against the Covenant.
One grenade can take out almost any
enemy, but it’s not a sure bet: The
Covenant fighters jump away to avoid
the blast if your grenade doesn’t stick to
them. If It does, they usually charge and
try to take you out with them.
The single-player campaign requires
some exploration, but not too much.
For help, you’ve got Cortana; your
ship*s onboard control program, who
automatically downloads to your combat
supersuit. Early in the game, she hacks
into the Covenant communications
network, so she can offer valuable
advice, clues, and information.
Combat Evolved makes Halo more
than a pure shoot- ’em-up game. (You
can also run over enemies In your
Warthog jeep, but that’s beside the
point.) You have to fight smart. Choosing
your weapons is key— you can only carry
two at a time. Mind your ammunition
clip, because reloading in the heat of
battle is not fun— use the Melee attack
to take out unwitting enemies silently
from behind with a swing of whatever
weapon you’re holding. And sometimes
it’s good to be patient, hang back, and
give the Flood and Covenant forces time
to thin out each others’ numbers.
Halo’s system requirements are steep
and not overstated. Our 1.8MHz Power
Mac G5, with an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
video card with 128MB of DDR SDRAM,
had no problems at the game’s default
video settings— even that machine’s
stock 64MB nVidia GeForce 5200 FX card
did all right after we changed the default
settings. (Halo crashed during startup
until we turned off pixel shaders.) But
the Radeon 9800 choked when we
cranked up all the graphics options:
Pixel and vertex shading, as well as 9x
antialiasing, ain’t happening on even
this new generation of Macs.
Halo for Mac doesn’t support
gamepads, but Nostromo’s n52
speedpad {Reviews, Feb/03, p57)
worked just fine after we mapped key
commands to it using either Nostromo’s
driver or Halo’s key-setup options. What
GET IN YOUR HOG AND DRIVE
The Warthog is a futuristic marriage of Humvee and dune buggy, and provides some
great ways to get your road rage on.
Backseat, Driver When it’s just you
against the world, the Warthog quickly
gets you from here to there. Once you’re
there, hop in the back and let the lead
fly— the machine gun has an endless
supply of ammo.
Teamwork Pull up to a comrade,
and he’ll hop in the back to operate
the three-barreled machine gun. Find
another friend to ride shotgun— or
better yet, rocket launcher.
These overgrown fleas spread the Flood.
The good news; They’re easy to kill. The bad
news: They’re everywhere and can make
zombies out of your comrades.
we’d like to see— or rather hear— is
surround sound piped out of the G5’s
digital-audio port, but Halo’s soundtrack
more than compensates. It perfectly
complements the game, innocuously
keeping time in the background
during slower moments, then rising
at key interludes. When you hearthe
triumphant crescendos as you approach
the end of a mission or level, you’ll know
what we mean.
Halo isn’t the end-all game— we
still prefer Unreal Tournament when
we need a dose of excessive, random
violence and general mayhem— but
Halo is an awesome single-player game,
and arguably even better for team and
multiplayer games. Plus, Halo’s drivable
vehicles break new ground and are
incredibly fun, especially the high-flying
Banshee and the team-friendly Warthog
(see “Get In Your Hog and Drive,” below).
If your Mac is up to snuff. Halo is an
awesome game to play.
—Nlko Coucouvanis
The Car Is the Weapon The Warthog
can be just as lethal without a gunner.
Just punch the gas and think of Lizzie
Grubman and her Mercedes-Benz SUV
at that night club in the Hamptons.
March 2004 MacAddlct 39
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GoLive CS
FINALLY MATURE WEB-DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE
G oLive is now part of Adobe’s
Creative Suite (CS) gang, sporting
a redesigned interface that brings some
much-needed sense to the program and
better coding tools like Code Completion
and on-the-fly style rendering. It has
some handy CS partnerships, such as
shared color management and Smart
Objects for regulating common source
files and their respective exports, and
also some half-baked integrations with
InDesign and PDF files that fall a bit flat.
First off, if you’re a fan of GoLive’s
Dynamic Content module— the keys
to the kingdom of database-driven
GoLive CS is a terrific improvement
over previous versions. The most-
noticeable improvement is the app’s
user interface, particularly the revamped
Objects palette. The Objects palette
was formerly an infernal sea of
icons for inserting tables and CSS
layers, QuickTime components, form
elements— pretty much any element
you’d use to build a Web page, including
site-wide assets such as font and
color sets, links, and templates. The
palette’s new default state appears
as a vertical bar along the left side of
the screen like Photoshop CS’s main
for a much more flexible scheme than
Dreamweaver’s ornery panels.
Webheads who cut their teeth on
raw HTML still demand more coder-
friendliness than GoLive provides,
but CS is a step in the right direction.
The convenient new Code Completion
feature, which assists when you start
typing tags, was annoying at first but
not so after we fine-tuned its vocabulary
via the Tag Editor. The other big coding
news is GoLive’s CSS Editor: As you
tweak your style definitions, you see the
effects— very handy, especially if you’re
new to CSS. GoLive still litters your code
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specific Object
sets, such as
Basic, Smart,
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makes much more sense than the app’s old Pandora’s Box of icons.
Web apps— you’re
in for some bad
news. Adobe
unceremoniously removed the
Dynamic Content module, but third-
party developer Zend Technologies
has stepped up with Zend Studio
($119, www.zend.com), a plug-in for
developing and maintaining PHP sites.
GoLive still respects database markup in
your Web pages, but It doesn’t help you
use it— and for that reason, many GoLive
developers are sticking with GoLive
6.0.1 for its Dynamic Content support.
If you can live without the DC module,
toolbar. It’s as icon-rich as ever, but the
icons are now more intuitive, and the
vertical layout just works better— plus,
you can snap back to the old-style
palette if you prefer or use GoLive’s
righteous Contextual Menu support,
which includes all applicable Objects.
The real coup here is that GoLive lets
you drag and drop Palettes willy-nilly
(you can even put them all into one big
megapalette) and save custom palette
arrangements (Workspaces); this makes
with proprietary
elements and
comments, but
you can easily strip them out when you
export the site.
Print designers get more to love in
GoLive CS, with onboard PDF preview
and the ability to modify and re-export
PDFs. The InDesign Integration is a good
start but still doesn’t provide the push-
button automation we want. InDesign
has forgotten what little it knew about
exporting HTML, which isn’t even an
option in InDesign CS. Instead, the new
InDesign Package For GoLive command
COMPANY: Adobe
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PRICE: $399, $169 (upgrade), $549 to
$1,229 (with CS)
REQUIREMENTS: G3. Mac OS
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GOOD NEWS: Visual CSS authoring. Redesigned
interface. Strong XML and portable-device support.
BAD NEWS: Missing Dynamic Content module. No
easy way to get InDesign docs into HTML for the Web.
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XML, and INCD files. You can
make this workable by creating
templates with the styles,
layout, and common elements,
and then dragging in the
specifics later.
Adobe's so-called Smart
Objects is mainly a trap door
to the Save For Web dialog
used by all the Creative Suite
apps to export Web-optimized
iterations of larger source files.
Using Smart Objects isn't very
intuitive though— you have to
select the Smart Objects pane
of GoLive's Objects palette, then pick
Smart Photoshop or one of the other
Smart Object icons. Dreamweaver’s
source/export setup is smarter, as it
defaults to the source file (or creates a
new PNG source file if you don’t have a
designated source file) when you modify
any images you've placed in Web pages.
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can be handy if you want to update the
source file and have all of the previously
exported instances automatically update
and optimize themselves to match.
Go Live tells you to create a new Target
File every time you reuse a Smart Object
but fails to remind you that
when you change the Source
File, all of the associated
Target Files will auto-update
accordingly.
GoLive was surprisingly
nimble on our 1.8GHz G5 with
2GB of RAM (don't laugh—
Dreamweaver is intermittently
dodgy on the same rig). We
were also pleased to see
that GoLive behaved itself
on a more modest machine:
a 1.25GHz PowerBook with
512MB of RAM.
Aside from the absent
Dynamic Content module,
GoLive CS is a strong improvement in
terms of functionality, performance,
and interface. Those who've had
enough of Dreamweaver's increasingly
finicky performance can find enough
workarounds— including changing some
of their own work habits— to warrant
jumping ship to GoLive.
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UPGRADED ILLUSTRATION SOFTWARE
I llustrator CS, part of Adobe’s new
Creative Suite bundle, is a full-
version upgrade with an impressive
set of illustration, typographic, and
productivity features for print and Web
design— but it still hasn’t caught up with
its main competition, Macromedia’s
Freehand MX (see Reviews, ) un/03,
p49). Illustrator’s new 3D tools provide
some cool new capabilities, but overall,
there’s plenty of room for improvement.
Sometimes a single feature can be
worth the price of an upgrade, and such
is the case with Illustrator’s new 3D
capabilities. Adobe has essentially
rolled Dimensions, its 3D
drawing program, into
Illustrator CS. For
example, the new
Extrude & Bevel effect
adds a 3D appearance
to a two-dimensional shape by adding
a top, a bottom, and sides, and by
extending the surfaces backward into
space— it’s especially handy for creating
cube-like shapes and 3D type. For
cylinder-based shapes (such as bottles
and cans) and spheres, the Revolve
effect works somewhat like a wood
lathe by revolving objects around a
central axis. The Rotate effect lets you
tilt an object in space so that the object
appears 3D.
For each of the 3D features, you have
the option to map artwork onto surfaces,
as well as add lighting and surface
effects. You can save 3D settings
as graphic styles to apply to other
objects or type, and you can create 3D
animations by blending two 3D objects
and exporting the resulting images as a
Flash (SWF) file.
Another new illustration feature in
Illustrator CS is the Scribble effect,
which lets you add a loose, freehand
appearance to artwork. As with 3D
effects, you can save scribble effects
Starting with two flat shapes, a
hexagon and a semicircle, we used
Illustrator CS’s new Extrude &
Bevel and Revolve effects to add
some depth and dimension.
as graphic styles, and you can
blend two objects with scribble
effects and export the resulting
artwork as an SWF animation. Of
course. Illustrator isn’t as savvy
with SWF as Macromedia’s Flash
is, but it works surprisingly well
for basic animations.
Illustrator CS includes several
typographic enhancements,
including character and
paragraphs styles, full support
of OpenType fonts, optical
kerning, optical margin
alignment, automatic ligatures
and smart quotes, a WYSIWIG font
menu with grouped font families, and
paragraph-based text composition.
The 200 included templates provide
a quick way to get started with typical
projects. You get blank templates for
common documents such as business
cards, as well as fully designed ones for
brochures, annual reports, newsletters,
and so on. Also new in Illustrator CS
is the option to save your own files
as templates.
Though Illustrator CS offers an
abundance of features, several features
are conspicuously absent. If Adobe is
looking for inspiration In this area, it
can find some both in Freehand MX
and in its the other CS applications.
Freehand treats us to multipage
support, including master pages,
a perspective grid for
creating 3D Illustrations,
and Visio-like
diagramming
features. Other Adobe
graphic applications
include handy savable workspaces;
dockable, collapsible palettes;
automatic document recovery after
a crash; and live redraw as you drag
an object. We may be spoiled, but the
above-mentioned shortcomings bar
Illustrator from greatness.— /o/?n Cruise
t
COMPANY: Adobe
CONTACT: 800-833-6687, www.adobe.com
PRICE; $499. $169 (upgrade). $999 (with CS),
$549 (upgrade with CS)
REQUIREMENTS: G3,
Mac 08 10.2 or later. 192MB
RAM (256MB recommended),
470MB disk space
GOOD NEWS: Cool new 30 effects. Improved
typography features.
BAD NEWS: Lacks features available in FreeHand MX
and other Adobe CS applications.
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1.25GHz iMac
20-INCH LCD IMAC G4
A mommy, buy me one of
I VI f/?ose!” That* s what the greedy
little kid in you will shout when you first
set eyes on the new 20-inch iMac G4.
Our inner child certainly reacted that
way— too bad that kid’s not Richie Rich,
The 20-inch iMac has a humongous
LCD display, and at $2,199, it has a
price to match. But if you’ve got the
cash, get this iMac. After a few days of
working on its bright, evenly lit 20-inch
display, going back to a 15-inch iMac
was like stepping out of a Hummer and
into a Ford Focus.
The performance of the 20-incher is
identical to that of the current 17-inch
iMac; snappy. Both include a 1.25GHz
PowerPC G4, a 167MHz system bus,
and PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SDRAM.
After gazing into the wide-open spaces of this
display, anything smaller seems positively puny.
That’s the good news. Less-impressive
components include a meager 256MB of
that RAM, and a video subsystem based
on the nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra, a
graphics processor that can most kindly
be described as decidedly consumer-
level— don’t expect stunning
high-speed gameplay. Also, don’t go
looking for FireWire 800 ports, an L3
cache, or Gigabit Ethernet— you won’t
find them.
The 20-Inch iMac is an iLife
companion, not a professional
content-creation platform like the
Power Mac— it comfortably handled
iMovIe, iPhoto, and iDVD projects
in our testing. If you’re simply
looking for the best home computer
money can buy, the 20-inch iMac
won’t disappoint, although we do
recommend getting one that has a
512MB DIMM preinstalled. When
your wallet recovers from the shock,
you’ll be able to add an additional
user-installable 512MB SO-DIMM to
bring the iMac up to its full 1GB RAM
capacity.— /?//f Myslewski
COMPANY: Apple
CONTACT: 800-795-1000 or
408-996-1010, www.apple.com
PRICE: $2,199
SPECIFICATIONS: 1.256Hz PowerPC 64
processor. 256MB PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SDRAM,
806B Ultra ATA/100 hard drive. SuperDrive, 64MB
nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GOOD NEWS: Humongous, bright
LCD display. Fast.
BAD NEWS: Expensive. Low stock
RAM.
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Harmony Remote SST-659
QUIRKY UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL
A s most of us don’t have either a
doctorate in minutiae or a case
of severe anal retentiveness, the very
thought of programming a universal
remote to control all of our AV gear
seems absurd. Then came the Harmony
Remote, which essentially programs
itself via your Mac and an online
database of component controls. Alas,
even when packed with data, the device
still befuddles us.
Once you’ve installed the included
software, you can simply plug in the
USB cable and log on to the company’s
Web site, where you specify the devices
you own and load the appropriate
instructions into your remote. Harmony
maintains a huge database of codes for
every conceivable component— a few
were incorrect, but Harmony updates
the database frequently.
The initial setup is easy
but can take ages, as
the software makes you
decide which component
controls what. For
example, do you want
to watch DVDs on your
Xbox or on the component
DVD player? You can
also download three
days’ worth of program
listings to display on the
Harmony’s backlit LCD.
Where the unit stumbles
Is in its insistence on
valuing simplicity over detail. There
simply aren’t enough buttons on the
remote to do all the things you’d like
to. It’s difficult, for example, to set up
a way to switch between video signals
without activating the associated
Programming this remote is
easy— but you still have to
figure out how to use it.
components. And if the
remote gets confused (and
it often does, thanks to
vagaries in the infrared
line of sight), you may be
forced to power down all
your components and start
them up again to make
sure everything’s on that’s
supposed to be on. After
you get used to the quirks,
it’s a serviceable remote, but it failed
the significant-other litmus test. Ours
was infinitely more confused by the
“simple” remote than by the bucket of
custom devices it replaced.
—Frank 0*Connor
t
COMPANY: Harmony
CONTACT: 905-273-4571 or 866-291-1505,
wviw.harmonyremote.com
PRICE: $199
REQUIREMENTS:
USB-equipped Mac, Mac OS
10.1 .4 or later, Internet access
GOOD NEWS: Controls all your AV gear. Web site has
Mac/Addlct rated
specs for an enormous number of devices.
BAD NEWS: Not enough button flexibility. Remote can
OOOOO
become confused.
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK MADEO
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CodeWarrior
Development Studio 9
SOLID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
W e believe Metrowerks when
it claims that 90 percent of
commercial Mac developers use
CodeWarrior. Prior to the release of Mac
OS X with its included Developer Tools,
choices for casual Mac OS developers
were limited. CodeWarrior’s target
market is the big leagues— Adobe,
Macromedia, Corel, and so on. Are you
in that group? We didn’t think so. But
don’t fear CodeWarrior— some small
developers, such as SlashMUD and
MacMAME, use CodeWarrior, as does a
fair share of the educational market due
to the awesome student discount.
CodeWarrior has a lot of things going
for It other than sheer momentum. Its
integrated development environment
(IDE) is tightly wound. You can bypass
the built-in editor for one that suits your
fancy. You can use any text editor that
supports certain Apple Events. BBEdit
is the standard, but others— including
SubEthaEdit (formerly Hydra), Nisus
Writer Express, and even Microsoft
Word— work in a pinch. TextWrangler’s
docs don’t mention CodeWarrior
support, but it worked for us. XCode is
supposed to work, but the street dirt
says it doesn’t work all that well.
Depending on which version you buy,
you can write software for OS X, Classic
OS, and Windows. One caveat— don’t
expect to write one set of API code for
both Windows and Mac OS. CodeWarrior
supports MFC (but not NET) for writing
Windows apps and PowerPlant, Carbon,
project stationery:
Project StatioiMfy {
▼ 05 Carbon
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Mac OS Shared Library
Mac OS Toolbox
^ Standard Console
IP' Mac OS Classic
Mac OS X Mach-0
▼ Multi -Target
▼ MacOSTooibox
C++ Toolbox Multi -Target
C+ + Toolbox Multi -Target Bundle
C++Toolbox Multi -Target NibBndl
Standard Console
Creating a project brings up a confusing
number of options.
Cocoa, plus Toolbox for Mac OS X and
Classic. You can keep the Windows
and Mac versions’ code together, but
they don't share the same code base.
CodeWarrior supports C, C++, and
Objective C, but not java, though the
academic learning edition does offer
Still the king
of commercial
software
development,
CodeWarrior Isn't
pretty— but
800 -pound gorillas
rarely are.
java support. If you
want to program for
embedded systems
ora handheld device,
tough luck— those
development tools only
run on Windows, even
though CodeWarrior
started on the Mac.
CodeWarrior ships with decent online
documentation in HTML and PDF format.
Printed manuals cost a mint, so get
used to reading online— and get ready to
wait, as it takes a while for the table of
contents to load. Fetch a cup of coffee
while the search frame loads. Make a
PB&j with the crusts cut off while the
program actually searches. And choose
your search terms wisely. Sometimes
you get good results, sometimes
you get wildly useless ones. We wish
Metrowerks would add keywords to
the docs’ HTML to give the search
functions a bit more accuracy or at
least some speed.
As far as new features go, this
version makes small improvements to
PowerPlant, the Mach-0 (OS X only)
linker, and the C and C++ standard
libraries. These under-the-hood changes
are supposed to result in faster build
and compile times. CodeWarrior can
also debug OS 9 apps remotely, so you
can run and develop in OS X on one
machine and debug the OS 9 version
on a networked computer running OS 9.
The other enhancements are primarily
cosmetic tweaks. CodeWarrior added
support for Objective-C in version 8;
version 9 adds code completion in the
internal editor. Packaging (exporting)
the finished app is slightly easier, as the
visual display is no longer hidden.
All in all, CodeWarrior remains a
competent application, though the
latest version isn’t exactly a must-have
upgrade. It’s certainly the dominant IDE,
but it’s not the only one. For the high
end of the market, CodeWarrior is a very
good solution. Students should leap at
the chance to buy the academic version.
For soloists and hobbyists, CodeWarrior
is definitely overkill, though nice if
you’ve got money to burn.— ^?ary£ Tyler
COMPANY: Metrowerks REQUIREMENTS; G3, Mac OS 10.2
CONTACT: www.metrowerks.cofn or later, 1 28MB RAM, 800MB
PRICE: $399 to $599 (depending on supported disk space
output), $199 and up (upgrades). $59 (academic V4)
GOOD NEWS: Insanely powerful.
Still the industry standard.
BAD NEWS: No Java. Weak help.
High price. No printed reference.
Mac/Udlct RATED
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Dungeon Siege
GOOD NEWS; A Visual knockout. Easy-to-use
controls. Wall-to-wall action. A joy for both casual and
hard-core gamers.
BAD NEWS: Tired storyline. A tad too linear.
FAST-MOVING ROLE-PLAYING GAME
March 2004 MacAddict 45
S ay goodbye to the role-playing-
game traditions of chronic delay
and irritating loading screens. Dungeon
Siege brings you a continuous, seamless
3D world with instant travel between
levels. Sound too good to be true? It gets
better. This medieval hack-and-slash
RPG is beautiful to behold, packed with
monsters, magic, and nonstop action—
it*ll keep you battling evil hordes into the
wee hours of the morning.
The storyline isn't Dungeon Siege’s
strong point— it’s all too familiar.
You find yourself in a generic fantasy
kingdom called Ehb, full of sorcery,
gorgeous scenery, and invading
monsters. You’re a lowly farmer, tilling
the soil, until marauding nasties
descend upon you, and you learn
that your poor kingdom Is suffering a
deadly onslaught of evil. It’s up to you
to venture forth and save the kingdom,
killing bad guys and uncovering clues
to the invasion as you go.
OK, so you’ve heard all that before.
Forget the story and
revel in the journey.
You start with
relatively little— a rake,
Dungeon Siege
monsters include
dragonlike creatures
dwelling among lily
pads in swamps.
A trio of skeletons meets a fiery death in a battle against four team members.
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a hoe, and maybe a club. As you fight
your way through the kingdom, you loot
weapons and armor, collect gold, and
raise your character’s power levels. You
can explore, interact with nonplaying
characters, take on side quests, and
fight— and oh, how you’ll fight: against
spiders, skeletons, wolves, giant worms,
and dragons.
Other warriors join you along
the way. You can build a party of up
to eight characters (melee fighters,
archers, spell
casters)— some fight
for free, others for
pay. You can even
take on a pack mule to
haul your equipment
and loot, although mules
count as members of your
party of eight— and they don’t
fight. New members of your team
develop the same way as you do. You
don’t amass generic experience
points in this game, instead, you
improve and grow according to
the skills you use the most. Fight
with swords, and you gain strength. Use
ranged weapons, and your agility climbs.
Cast spells, and you get smarter.
Dungeon Siege is easy to master, as
all navigation and attack commands
are mouse-managed, A simple point-
and-click takes your party anywhere
you want it to go, so you can forget
about learning howto move and instead
concentrate on strategy. Monsters get
tougher as you gain experience, and
they come in larger groups, so strategy
lesson number one is to save often.
Dungeon Siege is a delight for
the eyes. The scenery is varied
and lushly rendered. You’ll
pick your way through catacombs
and ice caves, and wander through
forests, jungles, deserts, and snowy
highlands. The backgrounds are bold
and beautiful, and the animations are
realistic— all the details are there. Trees
sway in the wind. Water ripples. Light
and shadow play across the screen. The
battle action and spell effects will keep
you enthralled.
There is much to like about this game.
The problem, if there is one, is that the
story is largely linear. You can go on side
quests and explore unusual areas, but to
win, you must move from point A to point
B, then point C, and so on. You won’t
gain anything by backtracking.
But despite the weaknesses of its
story. Dungeon Siege is a polished
gaming experience with easy,
streamlined controls and enough
addictive action to please anyone.
—John Lee
COMPANY: MacSoft
CONTACT: 763-231-8100,
www.macsoftgames.com
PRICE: $29.99
REQUIREMENTS; 450MHz G3
orfaster, Mac OS 10.1.5 or later,
256MB RAM
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Poser 5
FULL-FEATURED 3D MODELING SOFTWARE
Poser 5 brings yet more face-sculpting capabilities, as well as a Random Face
button and image importing.
W hile most categories
of software have
multiple players, the realm
of artificial human creation
really has only one: Poser,
if you want to try your
hand at working with
synthespians, turn to Poser
to populate your screen
with pixelated people.
Poser is both fun and
dauntingto master. A
distinctive and sometimes
overwhelming visual
interface (organized by
function into metaphorical
rooms) attempts to
streamline the inherent
complexities of creating
and manipulating
the human form, both in terms of
appearance and behavior. For the most
part. Poser is successful at making
complex character modeling and
animation tasks fairly straightforward.
Unlike a lot of 3D creation tools. Poser
makes it easy to quickly whip up an
amazingly detailed and good-looking
synthetic human without too much
effort— though the depth of access to
technical minutia makes us want two
interface modes: Standard and Insane.
The easiest way to get to work in
Poser is to draw upon its vast library of
templates, including a healthy selection
of male and female figures with different
degrees of detail and combinations
of physical attributes. Unlike Barbie
and Ken, these digital dolls are indeed
anatomically correct (there’s a Genitalia
menu item for Instant neutering),
including extensive muscular dynamics.
New to version 5 is an extensive Cloth
simulation, which yields realistic visual
results, folds and all. Animate a gal
in a skirt (or a dude in a kilt), and
you’ll be amazed as the cloth sways
like it would in real life.
Poser 5 has a bunch
of new rooms, which
radically extend the
depth of surfacing and
physical dynamics
available in previous
versions. The Hair room
governs extensive
detail, down to the
amount of curl,
dumpiness, or kink.
Once you’ve picked
a ’do, proceed to the
Face room, where you
can try out different
combinations of
features. If you’re
creating a crowd,
click the Random Face
button for instant
random faces, orbring
in your own picture
to create a Mini-You.
The Surface room
delivers one of the
most powerful texture-
mapping interfaces
we’ve seen in any 3D
app— it’s an extensible,
nested visual-
component flowchart
encompassing
procedural 3D
textures like stone and
wood, mathematical
functions, any picture
or movie file, and more. It’s as scary as
it sounds, but texture geeks will go wild.
One big gripe: You can’t zoom in or out
of Surface diagrams— a major drag when
editing complex textures.
Poser’s extensive IK (inverse
kinematics) engine makes posing and
animating characters nearly automatic—
when you move a hand, the arms and
shoulder react accordingly. The Walk
Designer Is fun and Interactive— use it to
instantly move from a slow shuffle to a
downright saucy swagger. The extensive
Timeline permits painstakingly precise
motion design with minimum fuss.
The newly added Firefly render engine
delivers surprisingly decent results, and
there’s even a direct Flash Tenderer for
Web output.
Our main beef with Poser is that it
has only a single Undo level, a glaring
limitation that will definitely frustrate
serious artists and animators— and
it’s enough for us to knock Poser’s
rating down a notch. This aside. Poser
represents an amazing bargain for the
money, is as deep as an ocean, and
provides the only way to whip up a crowd
of people who don’t expect you to feed
or pamper them.— Dav/cf Biedny
In Poser’s new Hair room, styles from Mohawks to Afros are
only a click away, giving you a degree of control that would
make Vidal Sassoon jealous.
COMPANY: Curious Labs
A" CONTACT: 831-462-8901,
. www.curiouslabs.com
PRICE: $249; $89 and up (upgrades)
REQUIREMENTS: 500MHz G3,
Mac os 10.2 or later, 256MB RAM.
500MB disk space
GOOD NEWS: Exhaustive character modeling and
animation tool set. Excellent IK implementation.
BAD NEWS: Single level of Undo. Nonstandard
interface sometimes overwhelming.
Mac/lddict RATED
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C-5060 Wide Zoom
WIDE-ANGLE 5.1 -MEGAPIXEL DIGITAL CAMERA
T he 5.1-megapixel Olympus C-5060
Wide Zoom can be a lifesaver if you
need to, say, cram your extended family
into a Grand Canyon vacation photo
without backing off the edge of a cliff.
Wide open, its field of view includes
about 20-percent more area than the
wide-zoom settings found on most
digicams. You’ll also get greater depth-
of-field, so more of your image will stay
in focus from near to far. The 5060’s
other gee-whiz feature is a multiangle
LCD monitor that flips up
above the camera instead of
out to the side like the LCDs
on most digicams.
Dedicated function
buttons abound on the
C-5060; you won’t have
to dive into the camera’s
menus very often. The
downside of this is that
some functions require
pressing multiple buttons
simultaneously, which
can be awkward. But
the camera’s preset
modes— such as portrait,
sports, landscape, and
landscape-with-people-in-
the-foreground— are simple
and accurate.
As with most zoom
lenses, the C-5060’s
maximum aperture gets
larger as you zoom out. At
its full telephoto setting of
110mm (35mm equivalent),
the aperture is f-4.8; at 27mm, the
aperture improves to f-2.8— great for
low-light photography. The minimum
aperture is f-8 and shutter speeds range
from 2 minutes to 1/4,000 second,
depending on the mode you choose.
You can choose from among nine image
resolutions and then select RAW, TIFF, or
one of several JPEG compressions that
will let you record between 8 and 331
shots on the supplied 32MB xD card.
Good news: There’s also a slot for Type I
and Type II CompactFlash cards.
The camera’s Li-Ion battery kept
pumping out power— we shot 200
pictures during a 3-hour shooting
session using the LCD monitor and flash
about half of the time. Shot-to-shot time
was about a second and shutter lag was
minimal. Image quality and color
fidelity were superb under all
lighting conditions— from
interiors that required g
long exposures to bright
printable images even when shooting up
to 15 feet from the subject; there’s also
a shoe for an external flash.
Unfortunately, the C-5060’s Interface
can be confusing. The menu system
is somewhat scrambled, the on-off
switch is a bit too small, and the
four-way rocker switch Isn’t
The C-5060 (above) produced some of the sharpest photos ,
we’ve seen from cameras in its class. With the camera resting
against a tree trunk, every eiement came out sharp— from a
few Inches to infinity (see top left). The cam’s wide-angle lens
created distortion and cool visual effects when tilted or used
^:i:losoM*ps (see bottom left).
and higher-contrast sunlit scenes.
Other perks include sequential
shooting up to 4 fps; auto bracketing
to record different exposures of the
same scene; video out (NTSC and
PAL); noise reduction; a histogram to
analyze exposure; an illuminator for
low-light focusing; movies with sound;
a supermacro setting for close-ups 1.2
inches away; and aperture, shutter, and
manual priority modes. If you use the
flash, you can adjust its reach— we got
high enough— we pressed the OK button
at its center prematurely several times.
It’s also annoying that you have to turn
the dial while pressing a button to trigger
some functions.
The C-5060 is an updated, wider-angte
version of the C-5050, a camera used by
many pro photographers to shoot pictures
for the book America 24/7 (the results
were awesome). If you can afford this
handsome black beauty, buy one. You
won’t regret \t— Arthur H. Bleich
COMPANY: Olympus REQUIREMENTS: USB-equipped
CONTACT 800-347-4027, Mac, Mac OS 8.6 or 10.1 or later
www.olympus.com
PRICE: $690
GOOD NEWS: Generous zoom range. Awesome multiangle LCD
monitor screen. Remote controf inciuded. Takes add-on lenses.
BAD NEWS: Onboard buttons and switches awkward to use.
Unintuitive menus.
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EOS Digital Rebel
NOISE-FREE 6.3-MEGAPIXEL
T he bar has been raised, but it won't
hit you in the pocketbook. If you’re
eyeing one of those fancy-shmancy,
prosumer digital cameras, take note:
You can get a digital SLR (single lens
reflex) for about the same price. At a
mere grand. Canon’s Digital Rebel, an
SLR based on Canon’s excellent EOS lOD
camera, has an impressive price point.
After trigger- fi ngering through h undreds
of shots, we found out it’s also an
impressive camera.
Like the higher-end EOS lOD, the
Digital Rebel uses a 6,3-megapixel
CMOS sensor instead of a CCD to capture
images. The big advantage of CMOS
is that It practically eliminates noise
(random pixel artifacts) and blooming
(when light leaks into surrounding
areas). In fact, the Digital Rebel doesn’t
even feature noise reduction— it doesn’t
need it. Our RAW and JPEG photos (no
TIFF support) were virtually noise-free,
though the same can’t be said of our
celebratory hoopla.
Unlike the EOS lOD, the Digital
Rebel’s body is made of plastic. While
this makes the camera lighter, it also
cheapens its feel. Paranoid about
dropping it, we harnessed the Rebel with
the camera strap, but the nonswiveling
strap eyelets led to constant fuss over
untwisting it. Still, the camera felt
good in our hand, and its controls were
easy to work with. The 1.8-inch color
DIGITAL SLR CAMERA
Ready to step up
to a digital SLR? The
Digital Rebel is ready for you.
LCD displayed sharp image detail, and
the LCD panel, which displays camera
settings, has a handy backlight for
low-light futzing.
The Digital Rebel Kit includes an EF-S
18-55mm lens (equivalent to 28 to 90mm
In 35mm format, or
a 3x optical zoom lens).
While the lens performed well,
its manual focus ring (placed oddly at
the end of the lens) felt loosey-goosey.
When you’re ready to upgrade (or if you
buy the Rebel body without the lens), the
camera supports any Canon EF or EF-S
lens. It also ships with a long-lasting
rechargeable battery, a charger, USB
The Rebel consistently churned out excellent, color-accurate In full auto mode, the camera had a tendency to overexpose highlights
exposures— no linear artifacts running down any boat mast here. so that It could expose the rest of the image adequately.
COMPANY: Canon
REQUIREMENTS:
GOOD NEWS: Beautiful, noise-free, color-accurate
Mac4ddiCt RATED
CONTACT: 800-652-2666, www.canonusaxom
PRICE; $999 (with kit, including tens),
$899 (body only)
USB-equipped Mac. Mac OS
9 or later
images. Lightning-quick auto focus. Great price.
BAD NEWS: Plastic body feels cheap. Some feature
limitations. Minor color fringing.
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Even in low light with long exposures, our pics were noise-free.
and video cables, Adobe
Photoshop Elements 2, and
Canon software. Though
it supports CompactFlash
Type I and II, as well as the
IBM Microdrive, the camera
doesn't ship with any media.
While pros will want more
customizable settings, the
Rebel includes features
common to most prosumer
and SLR cameras, including
auto and manual settings,
white balance, scene modes,
exposure compensation,
flash modes, AF assist,
bracketing, and continuous shooting (it
snaps a quick 2.5 frames per second, but
can only hold four pics in the buffer—
don't worry, it empties quickly). Sadly,
it lacks flash compensation, selectable
metering across all modes, fine-
tuning controls (such as one for color
compensation), and a way to disable the
flash when shooting in certain modes
(and that darn auto pop-up flash also
kept smacking our cap brim due to its
height). The auto focus was one of the
fastest we've seen, and it was easy to
alter the focal point with the AF selector.
But the real excitement came
when we viewed our work on our
Mac's screen— this camera produced
beautifully exposed, accurately colored.
sharp, pristine images.
Even high-quality JPEGs
showed no noticeable
artifacts. The camera's
auto white balance
worked well, but the
individual settings were
perfectly tuned. Some
of our photos, shot in
auto mode, had highlight
overexposure problems,
but switching to manual
mode allowed us to
balance the exposure.
A few of our photos
exhibited some minor
color fringing, but we saw no blooming-
even when we shot into the sun.
While we'd like to see more
customizable settings in future revs,
the Digital Rebel is clear proof that
CMOS has legs in the future of digital
photography— and that you don't have
to pay a pretty penny to get an SLR.
—Kris Fong
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Designjet 120
This orca of a printer churns out some truly
awesome prints.
FINICKY WIDE-FORMAT INKJET PRINTER
W hen your inkjet output needs
outgrow your desk, HP*s
48-pound, 3 1/2-foot-wide Designjet
120 is one snfiall step for wide-format
design printers but a giant leap up
from any desktop printer. We're talking
picture-perfect prints up to 2 feet wide—
and up to 50 feet long if you pop forthe
optional $420 roll-paper feeder. Getting
this beast out of its crate and onto our
test bench was the most unpleasant
part of using it; getting accurate color on
PostScript jobs was a close second.
Setting up this printer involved
installing six individual print heads
and their six corresponding ink
cartridges, and attaching two paper
trays— the illustrated quick-start guide
could be clearer, but the process is
straightforward enough. We tested the
base model, so we didn't have to attach
the roll- paper feeder or sheet cutter, or
configure any network settings (options
available as add-ons from HP); we
just installed the supplied driver and
maintenance utility and rejoiced to find
a nice, long USB cable in the box.
The Designjet 120 supports a wide
variety of paper, ranging in size from 3
to 24.6 inches wide in every degree of
finish, including flat matte, high gloss,
and transparency, in thicknesses up
to 0.04mm via the rear-access pass-
through slot. We used HP's Glossy
Proofing Paper and Premium Plus Photo
Paper (both Glossy and Matte varieties).
The paper tray holds up to 100 sheets of
A3 (11.5 by 16.5), but more than half the
time it didn't work and we had to feed
sheets manually. Admittedly, the printer
is more suited for small runs than volume
production, but a functional papertray
shouldn't be too much to expect.
Layout designers and color sticklers
should know that
ColorSync support
and PCL6 emulation
is provided only by
the optional $335 HP
software RIP. Without
RIP, the Designjet’s
onboard PCL3 support
reproduced our color
documents almost
(but not completely)
accurately, with slightly
lightened colors. Our
oversized photo prints
came out nearly perfect
In color and detail;
The Designjet 120
supports a dizzying
range of paper sizes.
the 4-picoliter droplets are invisible at
2,400 dpi, but at lower-quality settings
we noticed a subtle unevenness in some
areas that should have printed solid
black. Unfortunately, like most inkjets,
the Designjet tinted our tortuous, 2-foot-
long, black-and-white gradient with light
pinks and blues in the gray.
We have no bones to pick with the
120's print speed or quality, though
we wish we could get true-color comps
without the expensive RIP software.
Unfortunately, the output tray is small
enough that 18-lnch-long prints slide
right off onto the floor, where the fresh
ink picks up creases and wrinkles like
you'd expect a damp print to do. Also,
the printer made an alarming grating
sound while printing some jobs— we
surmised from the prints' tattered
edges that the noise was caused by the
printhead assembly unevenly striking
the paper, which was ever-so-slightly
raised off the roller. We alleviated that
problem by checking each sheet of paper
for bent edges before loading them into
the printer.
If you need high-quality oversized
proofs and prints, and you don't mind
babysitting a printer to get them, the
Designjet 120 is a solid choice,
—Niko Coucouvanis
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COMPANY: HP
CONTACT: 800-752-0900.
www.hp.com
PRICE: $1,295
REQUIREMENTS; USB-equipped
G3, Mac OS 9.1 or later. 64MB RAM
(256MB recommended)
GOOD NEWS: Excellent print quality. Prints on 2-foot-wide media.
BAD NEWS; Papertray works only half the time. Output tray
can’t handle big prints. Color accuracy suffers without optional,
expensive software RIP.
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REVIEWS I
LaserJet 1012
WEE PERSONAL LASER PRINTER
W e’ve never thought of laser printers
as cute, petite, or even smaller
than a breadbox, but HP’s LaserJet 1012
changes all of that. This compact laser
printer measures a wee 14.6 by 9.1 by
8.2 inches and produces sharp-as-a-
tack text quickly and without hassle.
As laser printers go, we’d almost call it
portable: Weighing only 13 pounds, it’s
easily the most desktop-friendly laser
printer we’ve seen.
But as happy as we are with the
1012’s physical form, we know size
isn’t everything. We also appreciate
speed and quality, and the LaserJet
1012 didn’t disappoint. On simple jobs,
HP claims a first-page-out speed of 10
seconds— we couldn’t beat 12. On larger
composite Jobs, our first page appeared
after about 20 seconds— still pretty
fast. Once it started spitting out pages,
the 1012 delivered on HP’s promise of
15 pages per minute. Printed text was
better than we expected from a $200
laser printer: At the standard 600-dpi
resolution, characters appeared crisp
and smooth down to magnifying-glass
size. Printed graphics didn’t fare quite
as well as text and line art; grayscale
images exhibited a fair amount of noise
and muddiness— but again, it was better
than we expected.
You can double the
effective resolution
by switching on HP’s
REt (Resolution
Enhancement
technology) in the
Print dialog, but
it’s merely a digital
extrapolation, and
we couldn’t discern
any effect on print
quality.
As we
mentioned, the
1012 lagged a
little on complex
print Jobs, and
outright dragged
on really complex jobs. But frankly we
were surprised the printer could even
print our test file (a 246MB PDF file)
after about 5 minutes spool time— that’s
The LaserJet 1012
had no trouble printing this
complex three -page PDF.
a tall order for a printer with SMB of
RAM. It handled huge PDFs, multipage
InDesign docs, the full text of Genesis
(King James’s version, not Phil Collins’s),
and hefty JPEG files. That SMB is not
upgradeable, and you can’t add an
Ethernet card to make it a network
printer. However, Mac OS X’s good old
USB Printer Sharing worked for us.
As with all printers, you will eventually
need to replace the 10l2’s toner
cartridge. This cute little printer uses
a cute little toner cartridge, which at
$69.99 costs less than a full-sized
printer’s cartridge. However, its claimed
lifespan of 2,000 pages (at 5 percent
coverage) equates to about $0.03 per
page, which is up to three times the per-
page cost of full-sized printers. Just keep
in mind that full-size printers won’t fit
on your desk (or in your budget) nearly
as well as the LaserJet 1012. Another
compromise for this printer’s small size
is its limited paper capacity: it holds a
total of only 160 sheets in Its two input
trays and 125 sheets in the output bin
on top.
Setting up and using the 1012 is a
cakewalk. You simply insert
the toner cartridge, install
the driver on your Mac,
and plug in the power and
USB cords. HP continues
the tradition of cheating the
printer-buying public out of a
USB cable, but in a way we’re
glad— otherwise we wouldn’t
have much to complain about.
Something we found more
curious than annoying was
that prints came out very
warm— almost hot— to the touch,
a great feature if you live in
Irkutsk, Siberia.
As a laser printer should,
the 1012 prints text better
than graphics, and its small size, ease
of use, easy setup, and quiet and quick
printing greatly impressed us.
—Niko Coucouvonis
HP’s LaserJet 1012 is the smallest,
cheapest laser printer we’ve seen— and
we mean cheap In a good way.
COMPANY: Hewlett-Packard
CONTACT: 800-752-0900,
www.hp.com
PRICE: $199.99
REQUIREMENTS: USB-equipped
Mac, Mac OS 9.1 or 10.1 or later
GOOD NEWS: Great text quality. Cheap. Smaller than
a breadbox.
BAD NEWS: Chokes on big PostScript jobs.
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Carrara Studio 3
AFFORDABLE 3D-GRAPHICS SOFTWARE
Carrara’s newfound support for pro-level illumination tricks produced these convincing
real-world lighting effects.
W hile most of the excitement and
attention in the 3D realm usually
goes to high-end offerings such as Maya
($1,999, www.alias.com) and Cinema
4D R8 XL ($1,695, www.maxon.net),
the average graphic designer is likely
overwhelmed by the difficult learning
curve and corresponding price tag
typical of that lofty realm. But fear not:
The latest incarnation of Carrara offers a
decent set of capabilities coupled with a
straightforward interface and downright
luscious rendering results.
Carrara Studio 3 is a balanced
combination of overall modeling,
animation, and rendering capabilities,
and it includes just about everything
you need to do basic 3D work. But we
need to get our two main gripes out of
the way; As we lamented in our review
of Carrara Studio 2 (jan/03, p48), the
app’s interface engulfs your entire
screen, disabling the OS X dock and
menubar— Eovia
should have fixed this
interface no-no in the
interim. Also, there’s
still no support for network rendering,
which is a real drawback if you have
unused computing power on your
network and you’re trying to complete
a render as fast as possible.
On the plus side, Carrara 3 introduces
a new Scene Wizard, which contains
a variety of templates for packaging,
logos, architectural and special-effects
elements, and other projects. This is a
great addition for artists intimidated
by new, blank documents. Once you
select a scene, it’s easy to edit or replace
existing elements, such as the text
included in a logo treatment.
Carrara Studio 3 is organized into
separate screens— or rooms— for
modeling, texturing, storyboarding,
assembling, and rendering, each with
their own specific tools. The overall
selection of modeling and animation
tools is mostly unchanged since our last
review, with some subtle improvements
in overall workflow. New tweaks to the
modeling tools include improved vertex/
subdivision handling, which makes the
extrusion tool more dynamic and yields
smoother surfaces on extruded objects.
If you’re designing natural landscapes,
an exceedingly capable Tree Modeler
gives you full control over leaves, branch
shapes, and more. The advanced tree
editing dialog (see top of facing page),
however, is downright terrifying— unless
you are planning on terraforming a new
planet, it may not be worth your while
trying to master it.
Rendering gets a whole lot of
attention in version 3, with raytraced
soft shadows and significantly nicer
The new Scene Wizard provides prefab designs that you can easily tailor to your needs.
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CONTACT: 888-270-3038,
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PRICE: $399
REQUIREMENTS: 266MHz G3,
Mac OS 9.x or 10.1 or later, 128MB
RAM, 300MB disk space
GOOD NEWS: Affordable. Improved rendering capabilities.
New scene wizard speeds up image development.
BAD NEWS: Nonstandard interface takes over your desktop.
No support for network rendering.
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global-illumination quality— all
without the hefty processor-
performance price of real
radiosity techniques. A slick
new addition is support for HDRl
(high dynamic range images)
processing, a way-cool way to
use specific types of image maps
as lighting sources that results
in a breathtaking photorealism
not easily achieved otherwise.
Carrara*s Non-Photorealistic
rendering mode automatically
creates cartoon and sketch
styles from renderings. WeVe
not sure if we like the idea
of incorporating this into the
rendering process, though— we’d
preferthe time-saving ability to swap
filters in and out without affecting our
initial high-quality render so that in case
we don’t like an effect, we don’t have to
start over from scratch.
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and crucial— improvement, allowing you
to render individual elements separately
and combine them with other objects
and different backgrounds after they’re
rendered. This type of functionality
Carrara’s Tree Modeler gets our
vote for Most Intimidating Dialog
of the year.
is critical for professional
graphics and video-production
tasks. New shader types
(including fractal noise and color
gradients), volumetric lights
(for more realistic atmospheric
density effects), and sky
dome illumination round out
the rendering offerings, and
are important— if not earth-
shattering- enhancements to
the application.
Overall, Carrara is still not the
end-all-and-be-all 3D application
for industrial-strength tasks, but for
artists who need to break into the
universe beyond two dimensions, it
provides a fairly straight line between
creative ideas and (virtually) tangible
results.— Da v/c/ Biedny
Solace 1 .04
TURN-BASED ROLE-PLAYING GAME
B eginning with Blizzard’s WarCraft
in 1994, computerized wargaming
replaced the board-game style popular
in the 1980s. From there, real-time titles
such as Microsoft’s Age of Empires
and Sid Meier’s Civilization came to
dominate the genre. Solace returns to a
turn-based style of play reminiscent of
games such as Delta Tao’s Spaceward
Ho and Strategic Conquest.
If you’ve played Avalon Hill’s Axis
& Allies board game. Solace will feel
familiar. Freeverse doesn’t shy away
from the comparison, describing the
game as being “in the noble tradition
of Axis & Allies.” It ain’t kiddin’— if
Solace’s dice-rolling combat system
and basic turn-by-turn gameplay were
any more like that of Axis 8t Allies,
Solace would be a direct lift.
Two alliances, each
composed of three
countries, are vying
forworld domination
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through land and sea
combat. As a two-player
game. Solace Is well
balanced: Each alliance
has an equal chance
of winning. With more
opponents, the balance
begins to teeter: One
country— the Minx Cartel-
starts out in a nearly
hopeless position, with a
small, exposed capitol and
far-off, indefensible island
possessions. Pity the poor
player that gets stuck playing Minx
by itself, unless they like playing
General Custer.
Unfortunately, the single-player
game isn’t as enjoyable as head-to-
head play against other humans. The
Al doesn’t provide much of a challenge,
strategywise, regardless of what level
you’re playing. As the game progresses,
it is simply gains more money {absurd
Solace is a throwback to board-game-style wargames
of the 80 s.
amounts of money at higher levels) to
spend on troops. Because this game
is as much about brains than brawn,
that’s bad news: Out-smarting a dumb
opponent isn’t terribly satisfying.
Solace will bore the pants off young
whippersnapper gamers, but if your
memories of waging war in turn-based
board games are fond ones, you’ll want
this game.— /a/7 Sammis
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COMPANY: Freeverse Software
CONTACT: www.freeverse.com
PRICE: $19.95
REQUIREMENTS: 333MHz G3 or faster.
Mac OS 9 or later, 64MB RAM (128MB for
OSX), 80MB disk space, 16MB OpenGL
video card
GOOD NEWS: Solid turn-based war game.
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Stylus C84 \
ALL-WEATHER FOUR-COLOR INKJET PRINTER
H OW do you improve a moderately
priced inkjet printer capable of
quickly spitting out photo-quality prints
that resist the detrimental effects of time,
light, and water? For starters, knockdown
the price. With its C84 printer, Epson has
created a worthy replacement for the C80,
which we found satisfactory but slightly
overpriced (/?eWeivs, jan/02, p49).
We wouldn’t call this a bare-bones
printer, but it’s pretty lean on features:
no direct-from-camera (or media-card)
printing and no extra image-improving
colors, such as light magenta or photo
grey, which other printers offer.
DuraBrite, Epson’s archival-
quality ink, is the star of this show.
When applied to the right paper
(Epson’s DuraBrite, natch), prints
are completely waterproof. If that
sounds like an unnecessary frill,
you’ve never accidentally dripped
coffee on the top-quality 8-by-lO-
inch glossy that just crawled out of
your printer— liquid destroys most
photos. DuraBrite text is waterproof
too— just what our home-printed
envelopes need to survive the rainy
season. DuraBrite also allegedly
withstands the effects of time and
light, which according to Epson won’t
fade for 80 years— sadly, we’re not
equipped to confirm or deny this claim.
Epson’s driver complicates an
otherwise brainless setup. To get the
promised borderless printing, you need
to specifically set up the printer for
borderless support when you add it to
Mac OS 10.3’s Print Setup Utility (aka
Print Center in earlier versions of OS
X). The default printer-setup selection,
labeled simply Stylus C84, seems like
a good choice, but you need to select
Stylus C84 (Sheet Feeder - Borderless)
We printed this goldfish with DuraBrite Ink and paper more
than two years ago. After soaking it In water and then
hanging It on our wall for 26 months, it’s still seaworthy.
during setup and again in a document’s
Page Setup dialog to get borderless 4-
by-6“, 8-by-lO-, or 8.5-by-ll-inch prints.
The driver provides sliders for tweaking
brightness, contrast, saturation, and
individual-color levels, but we’ll stick
with Photoshop for such adjustments.
The C84’s print speed and quality is
acceptable and then some. A borderless,
8.5-by-ll-inch print took 3.5 minutes
at the mid-range Photo quality but
showed a little more banding than
we’d like. The next step up. Best Photo,
took longer (almost 9 minutes) but
produced an image on par with printers
costing twice as much as the C84— only
some extremely faint banding marred
our print. At Photo RPM (Resolution
Performance Management), the highest
quality setting, the same photo took 20
minutes to print and showed no trace
of banding— extreme scrutiny, however,
revealed visible ink droplets. Overall,
the DuraBrite inks are a little less glossy
than other inks we’ve seen, but some
of us prefer it that way— prints on matte
paper look fabulous and don’t exhibit
the pinkish-purple twinges the C84
(like most inkjets) adds to midtones
and gradients on glossy paper. The
C84’s text-printing capability is similarly
strong: Text remains legible down to
4 points. At any size, close inspection
reveals slightly rough edges, but you
won’t mind unless you prefer reading
with a magnifying glass.
The C84 sucks ink a little faster
than most inkjets: After printing 20
borderless photos— 10 letter-size,
and 5 each at 4 by 6 and 5 by 7— the
driver’s display of our remaining
ink showed each tank about half
full. That said, we made most of
our prints on the highest setting;
standard printing will use up less
ink. Other than the C84’s paper
tray, which we had to occasionally
poke at to get the paper loading
correctly, there’s not much to dislike
about this printer. If price and print
longevity are more important to you
than professional-level print quality,
you’ll be happy with this one.
— A///CO Coucouvanis
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BAD NEWS: Occasionally fickle paper tray.
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SureVault 800
INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH RAID-5 ARRAY
L osing irreplaceable data is a
terrifying experience— so much
so that data-recovery specialist
DriveSavers (www.drivesavers.com)
mans its switchboard with a trained
suicide-prevention counselor. Backing
up frequently Is one safeguard against
data loss, but having a RAID array that
can automatically rebuild your data
in case of a catastrophic disk failure
is even better. Kano Technologies’
SureVault 800 is one such array— and
it’s a tough-as-nails beauty.
Inside the SureVault 800’s hefty metal
case are a hardware-based RAID-5
controller, a power supply, a rather loud
fan, and three Western Digital Caviar
WD1200 Enhanced IDE hard drives, each
in its own lockable drawer. On the back
are two FireWire 800 ports, one FireWire
400 port, and a USB 2.0 Type B port.
A copy of Dantz’s Retrospect Express
backup software (www.dantz.com)
is also included, as are all necessary
cables and duplicate drive-drawer keys.
Like all RAID-5 arrays, the drives are
not only striped together to share high-
speed data-storage duties, but also
they store parity information— should
one drive fail, this information enables
the remaining drives to rebuild the data
that the failed drive contained. After
subtracting the space needed for the
storage of parity information, the three
120GB drives yield a total of 223.56B
of usable storage space. The SureVault
comes preconfigured as a RAID-5 array,
so set-up is brain-dead easy: Just plug it
in, turn it on, and you’re good to go.
The RAlD-5 capability of the SureVault
800 worked like a charm. In the middle
of a large file transfer, we unlocked and
removed one drive— the others took over
instantly, and the file transfer proceeded
without at hitch. We then reinserted
the missing drive, and the SureVault
800 immediately began redistributing
data and parity information to it, with
\on-drawer LEDs and an audible alarm
informing us of the rebuild’s progress (a
sometimes lengthy process).
Our one quibble is that the SureVault
800 isn’t as fast as we would like. Even
with RAID-5 data striping, performance
was about equal to that of a single-
drive 250GB LaCie d2 FireWire 800
drive. We suspect that the higher data
density of the LaCie drive contributes
to its ability to keep up with the RAID
array, but at press time the folks at Kano
could neither confirm nor reject our
theory. In any case, if data integrity is
critical to you, and if you can shell out
the megabucks needed to buy RAlD-5
protection, the SureVault 800 is a great
choice.— /?//c Myslewski
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COMPANY: Kano Technologies
CCHITACT: 866-500-5266 or 714-379-5520,
www.kanotechnologles.com
PRICE: $2,199
GOOD NEWS: Provides top-notch data protection.
BAD NEWS: Expensive. Loud fan.
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PowerShot SD10 Digital Elph
STYLISH 4-MEGAPlXEL DIGITAL CAMERA
W e like the PowerShot SDIO Digital
Elph partly because it comes in
such cool colors (bronze, black, white,
and silver) and partly because it packs 4
megapixels into such a sleek little body.
However, its lack of optical zoom—and
its poor-quality digital zoom— keep this
camera from receiving top honors.
At a svelte 3.6 by 1.9 by 0.7 inches,
the ultrastylish SDIO makes other
cameras look like linebackers.
The SDIO sports all the consumer
features you’d expect: the ability to
take 3-minute QuickTime-playable
videos; white-balance settings; macro,
nighttime, and panoramic-stitching
modes; effects such as sepia, and
black and white; and manual exposure
settings and ISO speeds, which
particularly help in low light, where the
camera needs some tweaking to get a
crisp, properly exposed shot.
Where the camera falls short is with
its 5.1x digital-only zoom— much inferior
to the optical zoom included on most
Those who don’t care about the
difference between digital and
optical zoom will love this camera.
cameras in this class. The digital
zoom is best suited for close-up
shots in Macro mode; however, it
proved inadequate when zooming
in on distant subjects, producing
fuzzy shots. And when we zoomed
in to the 5.1x maximum, the LCD
preview was noticeably pixelated,
making it difficult for us to see exactly
what we were shooting.
Still, this Elph is cute, compact,
and takes crisp and vibrantly colored
shots— just don’t push it too far.
—Narasu Rebbapragada
COMPANY: Canon
CONTACT: 800-385-2155,
www.powershot.com
PRICE; $449 (SRP), $349 (street)
REQUIREMENTS; USB-equipped
Mac, Mac OS 9.x or 10.1 or later
GOOD NEWS: Tiny. Beautiful styling. Easy to use. Takes crisp
snapshots.
BAD NEWS: No optica! zoom. Digital zoom produces excessive
blur.
Mac/lddict RATED
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We make the coolest Mac stuff
on the planet - period.
For over ten years Griffin Technology
has created smart, beautiful and
original accessories for the Mac and
now iPod. Every day we are dreaming
up new ways of making you say "Wow."
Here are a few of our ground-breaking
accessories to add to your Griffin wish list.
From the drop dead beautiful PowerMate
to the classic iMic, we set the standard for
the coolest Mac stuff in the world.
PowerMate
USB MultiMedia Controller Knob
• Now in Brushed Aluminum and Black
• Great control for iTunes or iMovie
• Programmable for any application
• Replaces repetitive keystrokes
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK MADEO
LL-M17W1U
RIDICULOUSLY NAMED LCD TV MONITOR AND MAC DISPLAY
T ruly a dlsplay-of-all^trades, Sharp's
LL-M17W1U acts as a TV, game-
console hookup, and Mac display.
However, if you're mainly looking for a
solid Mac display, look elsewhere.
The LL-M17W1U is a widescreen
17-inch VGA LCD with a native resolution
of 1,280 by 768 pixels. Unfortunately, it
took us weeks to figure out that we had
to use the display's onboard controls to
properly set the resolution.
After we got it to display correctly,
results were mixed. Colors were vibrant,
and digital photos of our editors' faces
were crisp and warm. However, text was
blurry and looked similar to a document
printed out on an inkjet in draft mode.
On the multimedia front, the display
Warning: Plugging a coaxial cable into this
display can cause first-degree burns.
comes with composite, component,
and S-Video inputs; a built-in TV tuner
and speakers; and picture-in-picture
capability. TV and DVDs looked great,
and gaming performance was stellar.
But those results came at a cost— of
skin. When a certain editor's spouse
plugged in a cable-TV coaxial cable
without turning off the display, sparks
and flames shot out, partially melting
the cable and charring the finger of said
editor's spouse. To be fair, page E13
of the manual gently warns you to turn
off the display before plugging in an
antenna. However, 10 out of 10 dudes
surveyed around our offices said they
never read manuals and would not have
powered down the display.
Pyrotechnics aside, this is a decent
multimedia display. But as a Mac
monitor, it's far from perfect— Cathy Lu
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COMPANY: Sharp Electronics REQUIREMENTS: Mac with VGA
CONTACT; 800-237-4277, Video out
www.sharp-usa.com
PRICE: $699
GOOD NEWS; Built-in TV. Widescreen. Warm colors.
Inexpensive.
BAD NEWS: Blurry text. Weird setup procedure. Singed
spouse’s hand.
MacAddict RATED
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FM Transmitter for iPod
• Play your iPod through any empty
FM radio station from 87.9 to 1 07.9
• iPod powered - no battery necessary
• Fits beautifully to top of iPod - no
messy cables or hanging dongles
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iCurve
PowerBook & iBook Stand
• Raises laptop screen to a more
comfortable eye-level height
• Creates room on the desktop for an
external keyboard and mouse
• Keeps laptop cool with complete
360 degree air circulation
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iMic
USB External Sound Card
$3999
Adds stereo audio inputs & output to any
USB equipped Mac or PC computer
• Includes everything needed to record
albums and tapes to make MP3s & CDs
• Plug-and-Play simple, no install required
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GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY
www.griffintechnology.com
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK MADEO
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GOOD NEWS:, Delightful concept Creative characters*
Surprisingly strategic gameplay.
BAD NEWS: Somewhat buggy. Can't save mid-game.
Short levels.
P icture Aspyr's The Sims with
a dark side— that's the gist of
Feral Interactive's Ghost Story. This
humorously macabre game is creative in
concept and entertaining to play, but It
won't satisfy thrill-seeking gamers.
You play the Ghost Master, a behind-
the-scenes scare tactician who trains
and manages a gang of ghouls that
go out in groups to scare humans for
sport. To do this, you choose a team of
5 initial haunters from a cast of 47.
Each haunter is armed with
four unique powers, each
of which requires Plasm
(energy) to invoke. Higher
Plasm powers scare more
effectively than lower Plasm
powers. You raise your Plasm
reserves by scaring humans.
The more humans you scare, the
more Plasm you build up,
the easier it is to scare
humans, and so on.
Watching petrified
humans is hilarious.
Although this game
is not officially
related to Aspyr’s The
Sims, Ghost Master's
characters speak the
same sort of gibberish.
As you taunt them with
rattles, whirlwinds,
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and apparitions, watch them scream and
run aimlessly. As with The Sims, icons
appear from time to time over their puny
human heads to reveal their deepest
fears. As they encounter paranormal
phenomena, humans are wrapped in
spirals of light that are color-coded to
indicate whether they are fraught with
terror, descending into madness, or
have become convinced of the existence
of spirits. As their panic increases in
intensity, they cower in corners, run in
circles, or shake their fists, until they
ultimately flee their environments,
arms a-flailing. What a hoot)
That's the desired outcome of
your team's first relatively easy
assignment: Scaring a group of
towel- and nightie-clad sorority
girls into abandoning their sorority
house. Missions get more
complex as you progress
through the game.
Sometimes you'll have
to cooperate with the
hapless humans,
scaring them enough
to gain Plasm but
keeping them around
so they can discover
skeletons or read from
occult literature. The game
gets surprisingly deep. In
Bad ghouls, bad ghouls,
whatcha gonna do when
tiiey come for you?
role-playing style, you can develop real
strategies based on where you place
haunters, what combinations you use,
and what powers work best where. The
more you use a haunter, the more adept
they become at haunting. As you finish
levels, you receive Gold Plasm, the
official currency of the underworld. Use
it to reward your haunters by giving them
new skills in the Ghoul Room.
The hardest part of the game is
getting started. We found navigation
a bit clumsy, and it took some time
to learn how to deftly roam through
floors, zoom in and out, switch camera
angles, and pan environments. Also, we
sometimes had trouble selecting objects
and attaching haunters. For example,
in the midst of attaching Aether (an
evil fairy whose shattering song breaks
glass) to a porch, our cursor spazzed out
and sent us to the rightmost regions of
the game environment. The game ran
smoothly on our Dual 1.25GHz Power
Mac but was choppy on our 867MHz
PowerBook. Plus, the missions are
disappointingly short— great if you've
got a free half hour to wait for a plane
or screw around at work, but ultimately
unsatisfying if you’re looking for a
mission to sink your teeth into.
We love Ghost Master for what it
is, a light-hearted Amityville twist on
the classic Sims game. It's funny and
visually creative— great for gamers
looking for a laugh rather than an
adrenaline rush.—Norasu Rebbapragada
Mac OS 9.1 or 10.1.3 or later, 128MB
RAM, 750M8 disk space,16MB VRAM
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Scan Font 4
FONT-CREATING PLUG-IN
O ne problem that has plagued type
designers since the Pleistocene
era is getting vector data from a drawing
program into a font editor. This process
generally involves esoteric clipboard
settings, opaque keyboard commands,
and no small amount of hair pulling.
ScanFont streamlines the type-creation
process by autotracing fonts, glyph by
glyph, as it imports them into FontLab or
TypeTool ($549 and $99, respectively).
Traditionally, type designers create
glyphs by hand in a vector-drawing
program, then copy and paste them,
one by one, into a font editor, where
the designer fine-tunes scale and
positioning. During this process,
carefully crafted stroke widths and
weights frequently become uneven,
Create a custom font out of your scanned
handwriting or any collection of shapes.
necessitating further adjustment after
the import process. With ScanFont,
you can start with a TIFF, BMP, or EPS
file; a QuickTime-compatible file; or
even an image imported directly from
a scanner. From there, set some basic
trace-tolerance options, and then watch
as FontLab or TypeTool Imports it as
a set of editable glyphs. The glyphs
require tweaking to make them usable in
anything other than the most forgiving
environments, but ScanFont handles
the bulk of the busywork for you. If
your document already contains vector
data, ScanFont will offerto scale the
images (uniformly) and shoot them into
individual glyph containers in FontLab
or TypeTool— thereby consolidating
a usually 200-step process into a
3-click operation.
Hard-core type designers who draw
their fonts directly in FontLab— or those
of you who demand precise control over
every curve— will tweak everything by
hand anyway, but ScanFont is useful for
automating a good portion of almost any
type-design workflow.— Paw/ Yoon
COMPANY: FontLab
REQUIREMEN15: G3, Mac OS
GOOD NEWS: Massive time saver. Automatic
MacAddict RATED
CONTACT; 866-571-5039,
10.2 or later, FontLab or TypeTool
scaling. Great results.
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GREAT
www.fontlab.com
PRICE; $99
BAD NEWS: Requires FontLab or TypeTool.
Sparse drawing tools.
Dragon Burn 3.1 .04
REDUNDANT DISC-BURNING SOFTWARE
Dragon Burn can Import, encode, and burn your Playlists
but not as intelligently as iTunes can.
B urning CDs and DVDs, once a niche
activity, has become so common
that most of us no longer think about
disc-burning software— the Mac's Finder
and free iApps handily fulfill the vast
majority of our disc-burning needs. But
it's good to have options, so we took
Dragon Burn fora spin and found that
although it performs as advertised, it’s
unnecessary for those of us who don’t
need to burn enhanced (combined data
and audio) CDs or burn to multiple drives
at once.
Dragon Burn lets you import iTunes
Playlists for burning, offering you a
choice ofAIFF, WAV, or MP3 encoding at
burn time. You can reorder tracks, hear
an audible preview, and set the length
of between-track pauses to control gaps
between songs. iTunes does all of this,
and it does it better than Dragon Burn-
Dragon Burn only retains the
title, playtime, and length of
pauses between tracks.
In Dragon Burn’s favor, it
supports burning to multiple
drives simultaneously and
has enhanced-disc support,
both of which will appeal
greatly to a few folks.
The extremely frugal will
appreciate Dragon Burn’s
overburn support, which
allegedly lets you pack a few
extra bytes onto each disc—
but only If the burning drive
cooperates (ourMatshita-
drive-equipped Panasonic LF-P567C
burner didn’t).
One potential reason to use Dragon
Burn is that it supports some drives that
the Mac OS doesn’t— but such drives
usually come with bundled software.
If you can find a reason to buy Dragon
Burn, more power to you— the app
behaved itself for us, and its price is
nice too— Niko Coucouvanis
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$40 (CD). $30 (download)
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or later, supported optical drive
GOdD NEWS: Supports multiple drives simultaneously.
Burns hybrid DOS/HFS and Joliet/HFS4- discs.
BAD NEWS: No interactive- DVD authoring.
Mainly duplicates Mac OS X’s native capabilities.
MacAlcfict RATED
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ANOTHER SIMS EXPANSION
I f you're tiring of the same-old Sims
gameplay, then run out and buy
Superstar, and thrust your Sim into the
limelight. But know this: Fame changes
everything, and not always for the better.
Instead of advancing through career
levels, as regular-schmuck Sims do, you
progress through 10 stages of stardom.
Advancing requires you to work on skills
(like creativity and charisma), as well
as schmooze with the right people. Your
star power depends on how famous your
friends are, so hanging out with your Joe-
nobody roommate ain't gonna cut it.
Starting out in Studio Town, you might
make 10 or 20 bucks singing karaoke.
As you gain star power, other jobs (such
as recording a song or modeling for a
fashion shoot) open up. Taking a
job doesn't guarantee success,
though— for instance, you have to
choose howto act out that soap
scene (comedic, dramatic, or
suspenseful), and if you don't do
it exactly right, you'll peeve the
director and possibly have your
star status downgraded.
You must visit Studio Town
frequently or else your star power
goes down pretty fast. Because of
this, the game gets quite frenetic— and
challenging. Plus, obsessed fans will
stalk you at home. We found ourselves
at times longing for the serenity of our
old lives. Now we know how Gwyneth
Paltrow feels.
In Superstar, you can be a model, actor, or rock star—
or mix and match all three, just like j.Lo. Kind of.
You can hire a butler to help you out,
but even then, striving for notoriety
is tiring. And the game's occasional
crashiness is grating. If you're looking
for fresh gameplay, Sims Superstar
provides it. But if you prefer comfortable
mundanity, skip this one —Cathy Lu
The Sims Superstar
PACK
COMPANY: Aspyr REQUIREMENTS: 333MHz G3 orfaster (500MHz
CONTACT: 512-708-8100. recommended), Mac OS 9.2.2 or 10.1 or later,
www.aspyr.com 192MB RAM (320MB for OS X), 1.1GB disk space,
PRICE: $29.99 original game
GOOD NEWS: Lets you follow your Sims to
work. Introduces a new aspect to the game.
BAD NEWS: Prone to crashes. Too
challenging. Fame gets exhausting at times.
MacAldict RATED
OOOOO
SOLID
Screen Record
DECENT SCREEN-CAPTURE
I n the time-honored tradition of monkey
see, monkey do, onscreen instruction
is all the rage in software training.
After years of using the standard Mac
screen-recording software, Snapz Pro
($49, www.ambrosiasw.com), we took
ScreenRecord fora spin and found it
a sound alternative for capturing
screen movies. It lacks Snapz Pro's
still-screenshot features but costs
half as much.
Launching the app brings up the
Controller window, where you set
options such as Fixed, Smooth Pan, or
Auto Pan camera; cursor visibility and
style; and where to save the finished
movie file. You can capture the whole
screen or specify the capture area
numerically in the Controller window— in
the latter case, you should also press
the Controller window’s Set Position
1.5.4
UTILITY
button, which calls
up a selection box
where you can visually
position and resize
the recording area.
Advanced options let
you direct the action
by assigning F-keys to
manipulate the cursor
style and visibility,
camera directions, and
the size and position
of the recording
area. Press Record
to start recording,
and when you're done, simply click the
ScreenRecord icon in the Dock— the
app creates a QuickTime MOV file
automatically, and you can export any
other QuickTime-compatible format.
The product FAQs state up front
Screen Record’s Controller
window lets you set basic
parameters; once you press
Record, the Compression
window appears and offers
you a choice of QuickTime-
compatible video formats.
that screen capture is
a processor-intensive
operation, warning that
framerates of 2 to 7 fps are
normal. We got up to 15 fps
on a 1.8MHz G5— about the
same as Snapz Pro (version
1.0.9), but ScreenRecord
doesn’t slow down the whole
system as Snapz does.
If you make a lot of
screen-captured movies (or If you're
sick of waiting for Snapz Pro X to
become as good as classic Snapz Pro),
ScreenRecord, while not exactly great,
is better than the alternative.
—Niko Coucouvanis
COMPANY; macXware
CONTACT; 402-554-1400,
www.macxware.com
PRICE: $24.99
REQUIREMENTS: G3. Mac OS 10.1 or later, 256MB
RAM. QuickTime 4.0 or later
GOOD NEWS: Does the job. Less expensive
than Snapz Pro.
BAD NEWS: Choppy output.
MacAMct RATED
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60 Mac>4ddlct March 2004
The Mouse
BEAUTIFUL, BEASTLY,
POWERFUL INPUT DEVICE
O ur three-year love-hate relationship
with Apple’s Pro Mouse is over.
MacMice’s replacement looks like the
Pro Mouse’s twin sister— the one who
got all the brains and coordination, or
in this case, a second button and a
scroll wheel. Aptly named. The Mouse
cuts the cheese on any one-button
device and holds its own among
multibuttoned peers.
Two buttons and a scroll wheel never
looked so good. The Mouse’s buttons
are integrated into the chassis, so you
just press to click. The problem with this
slick-looking design is that if you need to
drag something beyond the range of your
mouse pad, keeping a button pressed
Apple should buy this mouse.
down while picking it up (as you must do
with Apple’s Pro Mouse) can be a test.
The Mouse has a slick fix for this long-
drag drag: The included
MouseCommand
software lets you
program the clickable
scroll wheel to lock a
click. Other options for the
wheel include Doubleclick and
Keystroke. Keystroke accepts
modifier keys (Command,
Control, Shift, Option), so
you can, for example, set the
scroll wheel button to emulate
Command-W and close a
window. You can also set the
wheel to toggle between the
scroll wheel’s vertical and
horizontal scrolling modes,
which can be extremely handy.
The Mouse’s tracking is razor sharp;
its cord is a wee two feet, which may get
tight in some situations but didn’t bother
us. This is the mouse— Niko Coucouvanis
COMPANY: MacMIce REQUIREMENTS:
CONTACT: 615-822-9270, www.macmice.com USB-equipped Mac, Mac OS
PRICE: $39.99 8.5.1 or later
GOOD NEWS: Should be named The Perfect Mouse.
Great software.
BAD NEWS: Has a short cord instead of no cord.
MaC/Addict RATED
OOOOO
AWESOME
ThumbDrive
FAST USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE
W e’ve been critical of USB 2,0 in the
past, but now that our hardware
supports its fast speeds, we’re there.
Memorex’s ThumbDrive won’t blow you
out of your chair, but it’s got almost
all the trappings of a great flash drive:
superportability, fast data transfer,
a locking switch on the end, and
capacities up to 512MB. Memorex says
a 1GB model should be available by the
time you read this.
We’re not apt to use any flash drive
as a keychain or earring, but we’d
trust the ThumbDrive’s snug-fitting
cap to stay put in all but the most
extreme situations. We only wish the
ThumbDrive had raised bumps on one
side, or some other way to help us plug it in correctly when we
can’t see the port— Niko Coucouvanis
Sure, you can hang it from your
nose ring.
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COMPANY: Memorex
CONTACT: 615-822-9270.
www.memorex.com
PRICE: $60 to $150 (street; depending on capacity—
128MB to 512MB)
REQUIREMENTS: USB-equipped Mac. Mac OS 8.6 or later
GOOD NEWS: Snug cap. USB 2.0 is fast.
BAD NEWS: Can’t feel which way is up.
Mac/lddict RATED
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SOLID
USB 2.0/FireWire
Combo Hub
COMPACT TWO-IN-ONE HUB
F rankly, we’ve been
puzzled as to why some
enterprising manufacturer
hasn’t combined USB 2.0
and FireWire hubs into one
compact unit— now D-Link
Systems has done it. Their
pint-sized DFB-H7 7-port
USB 2.0/FireWire 400 Combo
Hub provides three FireWire
400 ports— two on the front
and one on the back— along
with four USB 2.0 Type A ports (that’s the familiar flat type)
on the front and one USB Type B port (the squarish version)
on the back. An AC adapter is included, along with a Type-A-
toType-B USB 2.0 cable and a 6-pin-to-6-pin FireWire 400
cable, all for $59. Nice.— /?//cyWys/ews/c/
If your peripheral- connections
needs are modest, this III' guy
can help.
COMPANY: D-Link Systems
CONTACT: 800-326-1688,
www.dlink.com
PRICE: $59
REQUIREMENTS: Mac OS 10.1 or later
GOOD NEWS: Packages together
USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 hubs.
BAD NEWS; What’S not to like?
MacAldIct RATED
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GREAT
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK MADEO
theHotList
THE BEST OF THE BEST FROM RECENT REVIEWS
Adobe
InDesign
IK Multimedia AmpliTube Live
$129.00
Nov/03, p46
Don’t think software can replace monster guitar amps? it can. ||
MOTU Digital Performers
$795.00
Feb/02, p58
This pro-audio app has a great array of features. |
Propellerhead Software Reason 2.5
$449.00
Sep/03, p55
It’s earned its rep as the top software sound studio. |
CS
Publishing pro and longtime
MacAddict reviewer John Cruise calls
the latest version of this powerful
layout app **a star” and “one fine
update”
Adobe °
Photoshop CS
What else could be added to this
insanely versatile app? Plenty. According
to veteran imaging expert David Bledny,
“You’ll want this revision yesterday.”
M-Audio
Ozone °
Aspyr JedI Knight II: Jedi Outcast
$49.95
Feb/03, p37
Fantastic gameplay with both weapons and The Force. |
Aspyr NASCAR Racing 2002 Season
$39.99
May/03, p57
Realistic NASCAR racing on a Mac? Believe it. ''
MacSoft Neverwinter Nights
$49.99
Jan/04, p54
Flaunt your Dungeons & Dragons skills in the best RPG ever.
MacSoft Unreal Tournament 2003
$49.99
Oct/03, p44
Blood and gore. Violence. More blood and gore. More violence.
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Adobe Acrobat Professional 6
$449.00
Nov/03, p50
If you're in pro publishing, this is one must-have app.
Adobe InDesign CS
$699.00
Feb/04,p46 i
S More features and easier navigation makes layout a snap. :
i Adobe Photoshop CS ■ . T ' ; '
$649.00
'■ Feb/04,p44
Just when you thought Photoshop couldn’t get better, it did.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2
$99.00
Dec/02, p40
This app has most of Photoshop’s power for $550 less.
FontLab 4.5.2
$549.00
May/03, p53
The font editor all we type geeks have been waiting for.
Hemera Photo-Objects
$99.00
Nov/03, p56
50,000 quality images for under a hundred bucks.
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
$399.00
Jan/04, p48
Our favorite Web-design tool adds improved CSS support
Macromedia Rash MX 2004 Professional
$699.00
Jan/04. p48
Don’t know how to write code? Rash MX will do it for you.
Macromedia Freehand MX
$399.00
Jun/03, p49
In the race with Adobe Illustrator, FreeHand stays ahead.
PRODUCTIVITY & UTILITIES
1 Apple Keynote
$99.00
Apr/03, p48
This presentation app was built for Mac OS X— and It shows.
1 Bare Bones Software BBEdit 7.0.1
$179.00
Mar/03, p52
By far the most powerful text editor money can buy. i
1 Microsoft Office V. X
$499.00
Feb/02, p42
The 800-pound gorilla of productivity applications. j
! Prolific Publishing Marine Aquarium 2
$19.95
Aug/03, p54
OK, It's just a screensaver— but it’s the coolest one ever.
VIDEO & ANIMATION
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1 Adobe After Effects 5.5
$649.00
Dec/03, p62
This motion-graphics stud improves its 3D powers. |
1
Apple DVD Studio Pro 2
$499.00
Dec/03, p58
Apple’s essential DVD-burning app is still the one to beat jj
1
1 Apple Final Cut Pro 4
$999.00
Sep/03, p44
This kick-ass video-editor now includes four new apps. |
ACCESSORIES
Formac Studio TVR
$299.00
Ocl/03, p48
Watch TV, record TV, digitize tapes— what’s not to like? \
Kensington Expert Mouse
$127.95
OcV03, p60
Optical trackball plus scroll wheel equals killer controller. \
Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer
$64.95
Jan/04, p57
Our favorite mouse adds horizontal scrolling.
Palm Zire 71
$299.00
Aug/03, p44
A PDA, digitol camera, and MP3 player all rolled into one.
ADS Technologies Pyro DV Drive
Apple 20GQ iPOd
$650.00 Jan/04, p55 I Record DV video directly to this mobile encoder and drive.
$399.00
Ju|/03, p44 I The world's greatest MP3 player gets smaller and cooler.
? M-Audio Ozone .
$399.95 Feh/03, p59 f Nesd a portable audiq/MIDI cotiftroller? Lock no IdrtbBjy. -
Easily and seamlessly control MIDI and
combine it with audio— /WacAdd/ct editor
and pro musician Kris Fong says the
Ozone made her “a one-woman band.”
Canon PowerShot S230 Digital Elph
$349.00
Mar/03, p48
A great 3.2-megapixel camera in a tiny, low-cost package. |
Leica D-Lux
$900.00
Oct/03, p46
Exceptional style married with exceptional image quality.
Nikon Coolpix 5400
$699.95
Oec/03, p22
This prosumer camera handles well and shoots even better.
Olympus C-4000 Zoom
$449.00
1 Jan/03, p52
Great image quality, 4 megapixels, and versatile controls.
Olympus D-560 Zoom
$229.95
Dec/03, p22
This affordable point-and-shoot cam provides great images.
I Apple Cinema HD Display
$1,999.00
I Formac gallery ^010 Platinum
PRINTERS
$1,199.00
Aug/02, p40
Jan/03, p47
This 23-lncb, 1,920-tjy-l ,200-pixel beaiity inspires lust
Bnght, fast huge— and it costs only $.0006 per pixel.
Brother HL-1870N
$699.99 Aug/02. p45 Need a sturdy laser printer? This one’s a workhorse.
Epson Stylus Photo 2200
STORAGE
LaCie d2 2Q0GB FireWire 800
19.00 Oct/02, p42
owe Mercury Elite Pro
WiebeTech FireSOO
$259.00
$299.99
The most stunning photo printer we’ve ever tested.
Jun/03, p47 FireWire 800 speed meets solid-as-a-rock construction.
Jul/03, p53 I This 1 80GB RreWire 800 drive outpac es the competition.
I Hefty 300GB capacity combines with speedy performance.
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NEED ADVICE?!
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HELP
BASE STATION EXPANSION
I have a Graphite AirPort Base Station.
Can I add a second Base Station to
expand the range of my wireless
network?
Yes, you can add another Base Station
through what* s called Active Roaming.
Macs connected to different Base
Stations can connect to each other as
long as 1) their respective Base Stations
are hardwired together via Ethernet, 2)
the Base Stations are on the same subnet
on your Ethernet network, 3) the Base
Stations share the same network name
and password, and 4) Enable AirPort To
Ethernet Bridging is checked In the AirPort
Admin Utility. For those who have two
AirPort Extreme Base Stations, Apple has
added a new capability called Wireless
Distribution System (WDS), which allows
one Base Station to connect to another
wirelessly— you don*t have to connect
them physically via Ethernet cable.
MOREONMACDRAW
You mentioned that GraphIcConverter
can open MacDraw documents (Ask Us,
Oct/03, p64) in Mac OS X, but how can
you edit them?
Thanks to reader
Bob Heffner for the
answer to this one:
Since MacDraw is
actually a vector-
drawing program,
you can open these
files using MacDraw in Mac OS X*s
Classic environment, copy them to the
Clipboard, and paste them into Adobe
Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand.
BATTERY LIFE
How can I find out the capacity of
my laptop’s battery?
Batteries remain a bit of a mystery
to most laptop users, but if you are
running Mac OS X, there’s a Unix
command that will tell you your
battery’s current capacity. Open the
Terminal (Applications > Utilities)
and type in the following:
iopeg -I I grep -i lOBatterylnfo
This command gives you a string of
numbers, but the important one is the
capacity. The higher the number, the
more juice your battery has available
to it. Check your battery against the
maximum capacity of these models:
5,800 fora 17-inch PowerBook, 4,600
for an Aluminum 15-inch PowerBook,
4,700 for a 12-inch PowerBook, and
5,000 fora G4 IBook. You probably won’t
get close to these numbers, since they
are absolute maximums. Our poor little
Titanium G4 scored only 3,193.
PANTHER RESTORE
Panther’s Disk Utility restore function
won’t recognize a disk image as a source
for restoring a standard installation,
which I often need to do at my school’s
Mac lab. What am I missing?
With Panther, you can use Disk Utility
to restore a standard installation of
the Mac OS, applications, and files
from a disk image to any other volume,
thus making an exact duplicate of the
original Mac’s contents. To make this
possible, you first create a disk image
with Panther’s Disk Utility, making sure
to designate it as
Read-Only— set this
option in the Image
Format pop-up menu
in the Save dialog.
Second, select Scan
Image For Restore
Window
Help
New
>
Open...
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Convert...
Bum,,,
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from the Images
menu. Locate your
image and click the
Scan button. Your
image is now ready
to use as a source image for restoring
your original standard installation.
Select Scan Image For
Restore to create a
restorable disk image
in Panther.
CRON HELP
When trying to use the command-line
utility cron to schedule scripts to run, I
get the response ’’permission denied.”
What am I doing wrong?
You can’t directly access cron, a system -
level utility that lets you schedule
quick
Hanswers
TO QUICK QUESTIONS
iPODTEMP
What temperature extremes can
my IPod handle?
iPods can withstand an
operating temperature
between 32® and 95® F and a storage
temperature between -4® and 113® F.
COOKIE BUSTER
How do I delete cookies
in Internet Explorer?
In Internet Explorer >
Preferences, select Cookies under
the Receiving Files triangle to see a
complete list of the cookies installed
in your browser. Highlight each one
you wish to get rid of and click the
Delete button.
REMOVE PANTHER SIDEBAR
How can I get rid of the left-hand
Places sidebar in every Panther
(Mac OS 10.3) Finder window?
Click the widget in the upper-right
corner of the window.
■cal
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Qct27, ZQQ3. i
Click to
remove
Panther’s
window
sidebar.
64 MacAddtet March 2004
IPOD AND IBOOK PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF APPLE; MACINTOSH PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK MADEO
DIFFICULTY
No whining—
It’ll take some
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can do it.
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UNIX UNIVERSITY
THE PIPE CHARACTER
What the heck is a pipe and why
should I care?
The pipe (|) character, Is a Unix symbol
that passes the results of one Unix
command to another for further use.
The command for finding your
battery’s capacity (see “Battery Ufe,”
facing page) includes some pipes:
ioreg rl | grep -i lOBatterylnfo
The command ioreg shows
the entire Unix hardware registry
maintained by the system, and the
-/ switch says to output the registry.
The pipe passes this output to the
^rep command, which searches
for any string of text that contains
lOBatterylnfo. The -/ switch tells grep
to ignore case.
One further modification using a
different kind of pipe, the greater than
symbol (>), can pass the results of a
command to a text file:
ioreg H | grep lOBatterylnfo
(space) > rnybatteryinfo.txt
This sends all the information to a file
called my battery i n fo.txt.
operations at specified intervals. That’s
why you’re getting a permissions error.
You need to configure cron with the
crontab command. Type man cpontab
in the Terminal to find out how to set it up.
You can also try Cronnix (free, www
.koch-schmidt.de), an easy-to-use utility
that provides a GUI front end.
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NONUPGRADABLE
POWERBOOKS
Can I upgrade the processor in my
Titanium PowerBook?
No. The processor, or CPU, Is soldered
onto the logic board, so there’s no
way to swap it
out. Processors
on many earlier
PowerBooks
resided on
a removable
daughtercard, which made upgrades
possible. This is not the case with the
G4 PowerBooks.
RESET iTUNES PLAY COUNT
How can i reset my iTunes Play Count?
Open iTunes and locate the song you want
to reset. Control-click (or right-click) the
song title and choose Reset Play Count
from the contextual menu. To reset the
play count on all of your songs, select the
Library in the left panel of ITunes and then
choose Select All from the Edit menu.
With every song selected, Control-click to
reset the play count for every song.
KAZAAENVY
How can I access the Kazaa
file-sharing network on my Mac?
Just download a copy of The Poisoned
Project’s Poisoned (free, www
.poisonedproject.com), based on the
Open Source GIFT project (http://
gift.sourceforge.net). This free Mac
OS X application will allow you to
share files on the Kazaa and Gnutella
networks— but remember what Steve
says: Don’t steal music.
FORCE-QUIT
Is there a way to force-quit an
application in Mac OS X without
opening the Force Quit dialog?
Option A: Hold down the Option
key while clicking the Item’s Dock
icon, then choose Force Quit from
the pop-up menu. Option B
(this requires Panther and Cocoa
apps): Click Command-Shift-Option
Escape to force-quit the active
application Immediately.
ThisMonth
66 Make Over Your Desktop
Kaleidoscope was a trendsetter’s dream
In the classic days of the Mac OS, but it
doesn’t work in Mac OS X. Good news: You
can still mess with your Mac’s desktop
appearance— we show you how.
Google
70 Add Search to Your Site
You’ve taken the time to build and post
buckets of info on your Web site. Now help
your visitors find those choice nuggets of
wisdom, knowledge, and lunacy* Here’s
how to create a search box that can cull
results from your site or the entire Web.
72 Sneak Your Mac onto a
Windows Network
You can kick and scream all you want, but
your boss still might not exchange your
PC for a Mac at work. No problem. Bring
in your own and infiltrate the company
network inconspicuously.
74 Get Better
Black and
Whites
Want to know
why your black-
and-white photos don’t look like Ansel
Adams’s? He didn’t use a digital camera.
Still, you can get more striking black-and-
white results if you shoot in color first
Seven years of handling tech support
for Apple, Power Computing, and a
Texas school district have given Buz Zoller
Mac superpowers.
technical
wUUI I II I questions or
heipful tips directly via email
(askus@macaddict.com) or c/o
MacAddict, 150 North Hill Dr.,
Brisbane. 6 a 94005.
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make over your desktop
Make Over Your Desktop
by Mary E. Tyler and Kris Fong
ome of you may prefer vanilla; others would rather have
chocolate. But given the opportunity to choose from more
flavors, wouldn't you? The same can be said about your
Mac's GUI, or graphical user interface. Apple's Aqua comes in
two flavors— Blue and Graphite— but you can seek out and install
third-party files that'll change the look of your cursors, windows,
buttons, menus, and more. And if you really want to personalize
your Mac, you can create your own desktop
design. Here's how.
Whether you want to design your own theme or
simply install someone else's, you can change
the look and feel of your Mac fairly easily.
# ON THE
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GraphIcConverter 4.9.2,
Mighty Mouse 1.1.2,
Photoshop CS tryout,
ShapeShifter 1.0.1, and
ThemePark 1.2.1
Create Cursors
WHAT YOU NEED
• Mac OS 10.2 or later
($129, www.apple.com)
• Mighty Mouse 1 .1 .2 or later
($10, www.unsanity.com)
• Image editor, such as Photoshop
CS ($649, www.adobe.com)
or GraphicConverter
($30, www.lemkesoft.com)
A pple may have retired Clarus the Dogcow
and the Happy Mac after years of service,
but one perennial icon that's sustained many
system upgrades is the cursor. While Apple
has enhanced Its aesthetic appearance, the
black-and-white arrow remains the same. With
a little futzing, however, you can transform ol'
pointy— and other cursor icons— into your own
art oddities. Here's how.
Take Apple's "think
different” slogan to heart.
Replace the old pointer
with your own design.
I Copy the Original If you haven't done so, install
Mighty Mouse, log out of your Mac, and then log back In to
make the app active. Open System Preferences and click
Mighty Mouse to open its panel. Mighty Mouse works by
loading a set of cursors on startup (arrow, I-beam, a spinning
wait icon, and more)— it doesn't modify system graphics. To
create a pointing cursor, use the original as a template. Click the
arrow icon under Available Cursors; its image and mask appear
in the Cursor Editor. Click the arrow in the Image box— the one
with the red plus sign (+)— and copy it. Open your image editor,
create a small new document (24 by 24 pixels is the original
size, but you can go a bit bigger— just not too big since larger
cursors are processor
intensive), and then
paste in the cursor.
The easiest way to
create a new arrow?
Borrow from the
original. Just hijack
the arrow to your
image editor.
2 Design Your Doodad Zoom in 800 percent
to view detail. Then select a design tool and go nuts,
but keep the background black. You can modify the
existing arrow (make it fatter, skinnier, or whatever) or
construct a whole new look. If you alter the arrow shape, you'll
need to create a new mask to make your cursor display properly.
To do this, create another same-size document. Select the
magic wand tool, and click to select your design's entire black
background. Copy and paste this into the second document.
Then select white and use the paint bucket to dump the color
into the nonblack areas, creating the mask. For a shadow effect,
select gray and use the pencil to draw one in. You can also
just change the arrow color by choosing a new color and
using the paint bucket to drop the color on the black portion
of the arrow— no new
mask needed.
If you’re winging it,
create a quick-'n’-dirty
mask via copy and
paste. We penciled in
some gray outside the
white to create
a shadow.
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3 Make it Mighty Click your cursor doc, select all, copy
it, click the arrow in Mighty Mouse’s Image box, and paste in the
new cursor. Do the same for your mask, but paste it into the Mask
box. The red plus sign is the cursor’s hotspoU the exact area that
the OS maps when you click. If you want to change its placement, click in
the Image box and use your keyboard’s arrow keys to move it; do the same
forthemask.To preview, click Test Cursor. Click it again to stop testing.
To customize other cursors in the set, apply the same instructions. Save
by clicking Export Cursors; in the resulting dialog, name your set and click
Export. To activate the set, click Apply Changes. If you want a different cursor
set, click Import Cursors, navigate to the desired cursor file, and click Open.
If you get sentimental and want the originals back, click Restore Defaults.
Take your cursor for a test drive by clicking Test Cursor,
which instantly transforms ol* pointy into your new creation.
Design an Appearance Theme
WHAT YOU NEED
• Mac os 10.2 or later
($129, www.apple.com)
• ThemePark 1.2 or later
($20, www.geekspiff.com)
• ShapeShifter 1.0.1 or later
($20, www.unsanity.com)
• Image editor, such as Photoshop
CS ($649, www.adobe.com)
or GraphicConverter
($30, www.lemkesoft.com)
Tweak colors, mold buttons, change menu background patterns— do whatever
you want, it’s your desktop!
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aleidoscope, the ultimate desktop makeover app, may have
met an unfortunate death in OS X, but just because Apple
locked down much of X’s GUI doesn’t mean you can’t do a little
renovation. If you’re looking to be a true individual, design your
own theme. We start you off with the basics: redesigning the
boot screen, recoloring a button, and reshaping a button. It’s up ,
to you to decide how involved you want to get with your design.
If you don’t have the time (and this project will suck up lots if you
forge ahead with every GUI facet), skip ahead to "Be Lazy— Grab
Someone Else’s Designs,” p68.
1 Create a New GUI File ifyou haven’t already done so,
install ThemePark and ShapeShifter, log out of your Mac, and then log
back in. Then launch ThemePark. From the File menu, select New, then
New GuiKit Package to create a new guiKit file. To get a starting point for
your new theme, slurp in Aqua’s elements: Click Themes in the left column
to display four option buttons, and then click Add to load Aqua into your new
theme. Ifyou want to rename the default My Spiffy Theme, double-click the
title and type a new one. Then click Description to reveal a description text
box where you can overhype your moderate design skills, tell folks what your
artistic motivation was, and even thank your
mommy (this ultimately gets displayed in To save a lot of time, dick Add
ShapeShifter’s preference pane when your to slurp up all of Aqua’s design
theme is selected). When you’re finished, elements Into your gulKIt file for
save your theme. use as a template.
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make over your desktop
BE LAZY— GRAB SOMEONE ELSE'S DESIGNS
If you’re not much of a design deity, you’ll find a wealth of
theme and cursor couture out on the Internet to take home and
try on guilt-free. Here are some of our favorite design houses.
Cursors (Mighty Mouse-compatible)
Don’t let the Windows names alarm you. Just download any
CursorXP format cursor from these sites, and use Mighty
Mouse’s Import Cursors function in Its system preferences
pane to install them.
WinCustomize www.wincustomize.com
XPTheme www.xptheme.info
Mac OSX Themes and Cursors
These folks house collections of both themes and
cursors. If you’re looking for themes, search for
ShapeShifter themes or guiKit files. For cursors,
look for Mighty Mouse cursors or CursorXP files.
Desktopper.net www.desktopper.net
Max Themes www.maxthemes.com
MacUpdate www.macupdate.com
ResExcellence www.resexcellence.com
(huge collection!)
Tucows http://mac.tucows.com
2 Beautify the Boot Because most controls
are made up of many elements with multiple states,
creating a theme can be a lot of work, but you don’t
have to change every GUI facet. Change what matters
to you— the existing Aqua elements will fill anything you ignore.
To get your feet wet, first modify the boot panel— the window
that displays the Apple logo and “Mac OS X” when you boot
your Mac. In the ThemePark window, navigate to Themes > your
theme > Elements > BootPanel. Drag the BootPanel’s preview
box image onto your desktop, and then open the resulting TIFF
file in your image editor. Now go to town! You can modify what’s
there (change the apple color and/or modify the text) or paste
over photos, add text, paint, and do whatever else until you’re
satisfied. Don’t do a lot of detail work in the space directly below
Mac OSX since a progress bar shows up on top of that portion
during startup. When finished, flatten the layers (if you created
any), select all, copy, go back to ThemePark, and paste your
work into the BootPanel preview box. Then save your theme.
3 Recolor Elements The fastest way to change
the look of Interface elements is to change their color.
Let’s redo the window minimize widget— the yellow
globule sandwiched between the red close and green
zoom buttons— for OS X’s Blue appearance. Navigate to Themes >
your theme > Elements > Global Elements > Window Titlebar
Buttons > Large > Large Minimize Button - Blue to display the
widget’s graphical components. To modify the button’s normal
state, select the image in Opaque 1 and copy it. Switch to
your image editor, create a new document (14 by 16 pixels for
Panther, 19 by 19 pixels for Jaguar), and paste in the graphic.
Zoom in to view details. Select your editor’s Hue/Saturation
control, use the Hue sliderto modify the existing colorto one of
your liking, and click OK. Then select all, copy, and paste the new
graphic over the old one in ThemePark. ThemePark automatically
updates the image in the Composite column. Repeat the process
for the images In Opaque 2 and 4, using the same color. When
you’re done, change the close and zoom button colors, and then
save your theme.
We used Photoshop to revamp the original boot screen and turn it
into our own creation— AfacAdcf/cf style.
Use the Hue sliderto change button colors with ease— note
the graphical components table toward the right.
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4 Sculpt a New Button If you’re feeling
ambitious, change the shape of a button; you must
change its transparency and mask to have it display
properly. Let’s tweak the toolbar button— the capsule-
shaped widget in a Cocoa app window’s upper-right corner.
In ThemePark, click Large Toolbar Button - Blue (in the same
column as Large Minimize Button - Blue) to display its graphical
components, and click the graphic in Opaque 1 (the normal
state). The image’s dimensions appear in the Image Size box. In
your image editor, create a new document with a transparent (if
supported) or black background that’s roughly the same size;
don’t go too big or your button won’t fit In the window. Then
create your new button. When finished, flatten all layers, and
then copy and paste the graphic over the original Opaque 1 in
ThemePark. If you made your button a different size, ThemePark
asks if you want to scale your button to the others or scale the
others to your button— click Scale Other Images. Then paste the
same graphic in Opaque 5.
Our new button
is slightly larger
than the original
toolbar button, so
we had ThemePark
scale the other
components
to reflect the
new size.
6 Sculpt a New Button If you want to change
other elements, just apply what you’ve learned to
them. When you’re all done (or anytime you want to
preview your work), test your theme. From the Theme
menu, select Theme Preview, then Display And Update Preview
Windows. Cocoa, Carbon, and Brushed Metal windows open;
play around with the window elements to test how your buttons
redraw— or don’t redraw. If things look funny, quit the preview
and do more tweaking. Because Apple hard-coded many OS X
widgets, changing something too much could mean OS X won’t
render it correctly and you’ll have to change it back— In that case,
just select the element and select Discard Modified Elements
from the Theme menu. Once everything’s looking good, take a
screenshot of a Preview window, scale down the resulting image,
and copy and paste It into the preview box at Themes > your
theme > Preview. Then quit the Preview and save.
With ThemePark, we checked out what our title-bar
elements looked like in Cocoa.
5 Tweak the States To create quick-’n’-dirty
transparency graphics (these show which parts of an
image are transparent and which aren’t), copy and paste
the Opaque 1 image into a new Image-editor document.
Fill the entire image portion with white (fully opaque), keeping
the background black (totally transparent). Then copy and paste
the graphic into Transparent 1 and 5 in ThemePark. Go back
to the image-editor image and invert the colors (in Photoshop,
select Image > Adjustments > Invert)— copy and paste this new
graphic into both Mask 1 and Mask 5 in ThemePark (the mask
shows which parts of the image respond to clicks). Opaque 2
displays the button in its active (clicked) state. In your image
editor, alter your new graphic to represent an active state— add
color or whatever (we made Max blush). When finished, copy and
paste the graphic in Opaque 2. Then create its transparency and
mask (just copy and paste graphics from row 1 if you didn’t alter
the shape). The images in Opaque 3 and 4 display the button In
disabled states. Desaturate the color from the Opaque 1 image
in your Image editor, and copy and paste the image into Opaque
3 and 4. Then create transparency (use gray instead of white to
fill In the image portion of the graphic) and masks for both. Save.
Coloring the
Transparent 3
and 4 silhouettes
gray makes the
ultimate Composite
4 and 4 images
appear grayed
out, indicating a
disabled state.
7 Load Your Theme To use your theme
with ShapeShifter, first export it. In ThemePark,
select Export Theme from the File menu, then For
ShapeShifter. In the resulting dialog, type a name for
your file and click Export. Then double-click the new gulKit file
to open the ShapeShifter preference pane. Click the Themes
tab, select your new theme from the list in the left column, and
click Apply Selected to activate your theme (you may have to
log out of your Mac and back in to propagate the changes to all
your apps). To switch back to Aqua, just open the ShapeShifter
preferences, click the ShapeShifter tab, uncheck the Enable
ShapeShifter box, and log out and back in.
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double-click the
file— the ShapeShifter
preference pane opens,
allowing you to select
your new creation.
Geek that she is, Mary E. Tyler pays more attention to her computer’s
appearance theme than to the choices In her meager wardrobe.
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/ W V add search to your site
Add Search to Your Site
by Niko Coucouvanis
Resuils 1 - 10
WHAT YOU NEED
• Web site with your own
domain name
• Internet access
• Text editor, such as TextEdit
(part of Mac OS X)
• FTP client, such as Transmit 2
($24.95, www.panic.com)
B ack In the old days, adding search
capabilities to your personal Web site
involved finding, customizing, and
installing Perl scripts, and then minding line
breaks, futzingwith file paths, deciphering
those infernal chmod file permissions, and
invoking other varieties of big, bad voodoo.
These days many major search engines,
including Google, are happy to set you up with
a free, precoded search box that allows your
visitors to seek out content on the worldwide
Web or just on your own Web site. Why the
unbridled generosity? The searchmonger gets
something in return: Free advertising in the form of
its site logo on your page and free traffic to its site any time
someone searches yours. lt*s a win-win situation.
If you want to help your visitors find what they're looking for
on your site, here's howto add a search box to it, courtesy of
Google. If you don't already have a site with your own domain
name, you can register a domain on the
cheap— about $15 a year and up. To get one,
contact your local ISP or consult InterNic's
site (www.internic.net/alpha.html) fora list
of accredited registrars.
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for searching the Web at large; a SafeSearch
engine, which searches the Web but excludes
adult-themed and explicit sexual content from its search
results; and the one you want, a search engine that can
search either the whole Web or just the pages on your
site. To have an engine pull search results specifically from
your own site, you must have your own domain name
(a la www.mydoma/n.com)— .Mac Homepage users
and others without a custom domain name can add
either of Google's regular Web-search boxes. To get the
engine that'll search both your site and the Web, go to
www.google.com/searchcode.html, and click Google Free
Web Search With Site Search. If you don't have your own
domain, select one of the other two choices.
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2 Copy and Paste After you click the link in step
1, a box that displays a bunch of HTML code appears in
your browser. This code, once embedded in an HTML
document, generates the Google logo, search box,
radio controls, and labels— and it's all yours, free for the taking.
Click anywhere In the box, select all the text (Command-A), and
then copy it to the Mac 05 Clipboard (Command-C). Launch your
text editor (we used TextEdit in plain-text format), and open
the HTML file for the page to which you want to add the search
box (such as your home page). Find the code line representing
where you want the search box to appear on the page, place
your cursor there, and paste in the search code (Command-V).
Copy and paste this bit of text into your HTML code to get a snazzy
Google search box on your site. The graphic below the code box
here shows what the search box looks like.
4 Send It Away Once you're finished, save the
page. Then upload it to your remote Web server. Fire
up Transmit 2 (or your FTP client of choice), type your
domain name in the Server field, type your user name
for your site in the User Name field, type your password in the
eponymous field, and type the path to the Web directory where
you want to store the HTML page in the Initial Path field. (If you
don't remember your site's settings, get them from your Internet
service provider.) Click Connect to connect to your specified
directory on the Web server, and then drag and drop the HTML
document from the Finder onto the Transmit window to upload
it. Once it's up, your site is ready to be searched.
Once you upload your HTML page to your Web server,
it*s good to go.
3 Make It Your Own if you opted for the plain-
vanilla Web search or the G-rated version, skip to step
4. If you want to enable searching on your own site,
you need to tweak the search code a bit to reign in the
mighty Google engine and focus it on one domain name (yours)
instead of all 16 bazillion domains on the Web— happily, the
propeller heads at Google make it easy. Comb through the
code in your HTML document for three instances of the phrase
YOUR DOMAIN NAME, and replace each Instance with— you
guessed it— your domain name (for example, we replaced the
phrase with www.macaddict.com). If you want to spunk up the
prefab bit with a little more personality, type something else
for the last instance, which provides the label for your site's
radio-button selector. You can also replace the default WWW
label (for the radio button that searches the entire Web) with
your own text.
Search the Web # SEARCH MY SITE
Customization is king.
5 Make It Purty You can also customize the
look of the results page a little if you want. Point
your browser back to Google's search code page
(www.google.com/searchcode.html) and scroll down
the page until you see the header More Google Free Stuff. Below
it, click the Customizable Google Free Web And Site Search
Services link. On the resulting page, follow the instructions to
register your site if you haven't already (it's free). Then enter
the email address and password you created in the login box
and click Login. The subsequent page displays all the available
customization options. You can upload a logo and a background
picture if you like, and set colors forthe page's background
and fonts, Including active, visited, and default links. It's not
as customizable as a .Mac Homepage, but you can't expect a
whole lot for nothing.
Google lets you customize the look of the results page,
but it can’t account for good or bad taste.
Niko Coucouvanis wishes Google could find the technovernacular term
for that little bunny thing that greyhounds chase around the racetrack.
March 2004 MacAldict 71
79 <1 howto
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Sneak Your Mac onto a
Windows Network
by Ian Sammis
WHAT YOU NEED
• Mac running Mac OS X
(10.3 recommended)
• Access to a network
• PC running Windows
• NetWare Client for Mac OS X
if connecting to Novell Netware
servers ($149, www.prosofteng.com)
W hile a few lucky souls are fortunate enough to
live in a Mac-centric world, most of us know that
sometimes Macs are few and far between. Even
if we manage to convince our employers that we really
need a Mac to get our jobs done (to do graphic arts, for
example— or to avoid mental anguish), many corporations
simply won’t support Macs. But there’s hope: Using
Mac OS X, you can put your Mac on a network that never
had anything but Windows in mind.
We take you through three stages
of infiltration: Getting on the network,
accessing files, and (for Panther
users) printing.
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NetWare Client
OS X 1.1.2 demo
Even if your boss says no to your Mac requests, you can hitch your
Mac to the office Windows network and run Windows (via Virtual PC).
1 Scope the Settings Let’s assume you’re at
work and have your network-connected PC as well as a
Mac that you would rather use. To connect the Mac to
the network, set its network settings to match those of
your PC so that you can simply unplug the PC’s Ethernet cable
and plug it into the Mac. From the Start menu on the PC, select
Settings, then Network Connection. In the resulting window,
double-click your PC’s Ethernet card Icon (upper-left corner) to
open its Connection Status window, and click the Support tab
To change settings, double-click your PC’s LAN (local area
connection) Icon to bring up its Connection Status dialog.
Seek a New Location ifyou are connecting
an iBook or PowerBook, create a new location, a
settings file that lets you easily switch between your
work and home networks. (If not, skip ahead to step 3
unless you plan on lugging around your Power Mac.) To create
a new location on the Mac, open System Preferences, and click
Network to open its preference panel. Select New Location
from the Location pop-up menu, type a name foryour new
configuration in the resulting dialog (we named ours AtWork),
and click OK to create it.
Don’t overwrite your existing network settings. Instead, create
a new location on the Mac so you can easily switch between
your work and home networks.
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HOW TO 73
3 Play the Match Game TosettheMac*s
network configuration, select Built-in Ethernet from the
Show pop-up menu to display the settings. Look at the
PC: If the PC^s Address Type displays Assigned By DHCP,
select Using DHCP from the Mac’s Configure IPv4 pop-up menu.
Ignore the other three fields and skip to step 4. If the PC’s Address
Type displays Manually Configured, choose Manually from the
Mac’s Configure IPv4 pop-up and enter the data from the PC’s
other three fields into the appropriate places on the Mac (Router
on the Mac is equivalent to Default Gateway on the PC).
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numbers into your Mac.
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numbers manually and/or it uses a WINS server, you
will need two more numbers: the DNS and WINS server
addresses. To view them, click the Details button in the
PC’s Connection Status window. Make a note of both addresses (it
may display one or none) In the resulting panel. Ifyour IP number
was manually assigned, enter the DNS Server number into the DNS
Servers field on the Mac. (We’ll get to the WINS address in step 5.)
OK, let’s connect! Disconnect the Ethernet cable from your PC, plug
it into your Mac, and connect to a Web site. If you see a page, you’re
on the network (ifyour company is Internet-connected, of course).
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you see only one— or none. You won’t need them if they’re not listed.
5 He Who Uses a Mac WINS The WINS
(Windows Internet Naming Service) server is akin to
a DNS server but used for Windows network services
in place of TCP/IP names. If the WINS server field was
blank in the Details window, your company doesn’t use a WINS
server— skip to step 6. If you have a number, go to Applications >
Utilities > Directory Access on the Mac. In the resulting window,
click the lock icon, enteryour password, and click OK. Select
SMB (server message block), and click Configure. In the
resulting dialog, enter the WINS server address in the WINS
Server field, select your usual workgroup from the Workgroup
pop-up, and click OK.
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6 Serve Up Files PC networks commonly use
Windows or Novell NetWare file servers. Windows file
sharing is easy: To connect, click Panther’s Network
sidebar button or select Connect To Server from the
Go menu in older versions of OS X to display a list of Windows
server names. Then browse and connect. Ifyour company uses
Novell NetWare servers (you’ll know right away if you see a big
red N; Novell flaunts more branding than the average NASCAR
driver), launch NetWare Client for Mac OS X, enter your network
user name and password in the fields, and click Login. Your Mac
will be indistinguishable from other PCs on the network.
Windows file-server
Icons look just like
Mac ones (left), so it’s
hard to tell servers
apart; if you’re trying
to access a NetWare
file server, use
ProSoft’s NetWare
Client (right).
7 Prints: The Revolution ifyou're using
pre-PantherOSX, printing to a Windows printer is tricky— try
using Gimp-Print (free, http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net)
or Virtual PC ($249, www.microsoft.com/mac). (The latest
version of Virtual PC isn’t G5 or fully Panther-compatible, but the next
version will be, according to Microsoft; it will ship in the first half of
2004.) If you've got Panther, go to Applications > Utilities, and open
the Printer Setup Utility. Click Add, and in the resulting dialog, select
Windows Printing from the top pop-up menu. Then browse the network
to find your usual company printer. Printers can be configured in many
ways, so you may have to use IP printing if you hit a snag.
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printers attached.
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For the last two years.
March 2004 MacAJdIct 73
74 d howto
/ \ ^ get better black and whites
Digital cameras
and image
editors can make
a muddy mess
with grayscale
conversions (left)»
but you can get
more dramatic
results by channel
surfing (right).
Get Better Black and Whites
by Kris Fong
WHAT YOU NEED
• Digital color photo
• Image editor that supports color channels
and curves, such as Photoshop CS ($649,
www.adobe.com) or Canvas 9 ($349.99,
www.acdsystems.com)
A nsel Adams created strikingly bold black-and-white
photos. Unfortunately, he's no longer around to help
when our digital camera muddies our ambitious
attempts. In black-and-white mode, a digital camera simply
transforms color into 256 shades of gray. So does an image
editor's grayscale conversion. Depending on your composition,
your subject may suddenly be vying for attention from
background elements If their tones are similar— for example,
green grass, red brick, and a blue ocean may appear as similar
shades of gray. You can do better.
Instead, snap your pic in color and then manipulate the Image's
color channels on your Mac (with camera images, these channels
are red, green, and blue— aka RGB). Your goal is to find the
color channel that best affects your chosen
element, whether you want to play something
up or conceal it. OK, let's go channel surfing.
(We're using Photoshop, but you can apply our
instructions with your tool of choice.)
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1 Change the Channel Open your photo in Photoshop. From the Window menu, select Channels to display the red, green,
and blue color channels individually, along with the composited RGB one. Click any channel to view a grayscale representation of
that color's presence in your image. The darker the gray, the less there Is of that color in the photo. The lighter the gray, the greater
that color's presence.
White is full-intensity red,
green, and blue, while black
lacks all of these colors.
Clickthrough each channel
to see how it affects your
image (see “Recipes for
Success,” p76). If your
image editor displays
channel Information in the
selected color, set it to
display grayscale.
Because purple
halos marred our
original photo
(upper left), we
decided to convert
it to black and
white. Here’s how it
fared in each
color channel.
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HOW TO 75
2 Decide, Then Dump Decide
which channel works best for your subject
and select it in the Channels palette.
Then dump the other color channels by
selecting Image > Mode > Grayscale. A dialog pops
up, asking if you’re sure you want to do this; click
OK. Then turn your grayscale image back to RGB by
selecting Image > Mode > RGB Color. Voila— a better-
looking black-and-white photo. If you’re happy
with the way your photo looks, stop here and save
the file (be sure to choose Save As if you want to
preserve the original). But if you rea//y want to play
up the drama, use Photoshop’s Curves to further
tweak what you started.
To create greater distinction between the
building architecture and the manicured
trees, we chose the Blue channel.
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3 Get Some Curves select
Image > Adjustments > Curves; the
resulting dialog displays a square with
a diagonal line cutting across it. To
alter the brightness or darkness of a tonal
region, click anywhere on the line to create a
point; clicking toward the left affects the darker
tones, while clicking toward the right affects
lighter shades. Then click and drag the point
upward to lighten or downward to darken; the
line curves in response. You can slide the point
anywhere on the line to affect a different region
of grays, and add more points to fine-tune
several regions. If you want an Ansel Adams-like
effect of strong contrast, click one point in the
darker region and one point in the lighter region.
Then drag the dark point down and the light
point up to form a slight S shape. Play around
with the shape until you’re satisfied. Then click
OK and save.
We placed three points in Curves to bring out the architectural detail and darken the
trees (note the pallid grayscale version in the lower right).
CHEAP TRICKS
Don’t have Photoshop, Canvas, or another high-
ticket graphics app? You can still get better black-
and-white results by performing these tricks in any
affordable image editor, such as GraphicConverter ($35,
www.lemkesoft.com).
Desaturate Details You might achieve more favorable
monochromatic results by desaturating an image instead
of doing a grayscale conversion. Open your image editor’s
saturation control, and move the slider all the way to the left
to remove color.
Control Contrast If your grayscale conversion looks OK,
add more intensity via contrast and brightness. To make
blacks blacker and whites whiter, move the Contrast slider
to the right. Add drama by decreasing brightness— move
the Brightness slider a little to the left.
Desaturate Channels You can manipulate color channels
in GraphicConverter, but the process is different. From the
Picture menu, select Brightness/Contrast. To view, say, the
Red channel, check the Full Screen Preview box, move the
Brightness Red and Saturation sliders all the way to the
left. Click Reset to view the image in color again. Repeat
with the Blue and Green channels. Decide which one looks
best and click OK.
March 2004 MacAddict 75
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HOW TO
get better black and whites
RECIPES FOR SUCCESS
You can use color channels to put more focus on a subject or play down an element. To help you choose which color channel
to keep, here’s a closer look at how each one affects various color elements when you’re viewing an image in shades of gray.
Be sure to keep an eye on the big picture instead of focusing on that one aspect in your image.
The Red Channel This channel lightens red
and yellow tones, darkens blues, and has
little effect on greens. This is a good channel
to use ifyouwantto make bad complexions
look flawless— it lightens blemishes,
flushing, and other red-tinged oddities. Use
It to add drama to a cloud-filled blue sky or
tumultuous ocean (it’ll deepen blue tones
while keeping white white), separate sand
from sea, demarcate trails from foliage, or
lighten the texture of rocky landscapes.
To play up the ironwork
and wood grain on this
door, we chose the Red
channel, which lightened
the reddish tones.
RED CHANNEL
GRAYSCALE
GREEN CHANNEL
The Green Channel This channel lightens greens
and yellows, darkens reds, and has little effect
on blues. If your image contains foliage with
varying shades of green, this channel will bring
out more of the tonal variations among the
plants. Use it to highlight leaves against tree
trunks, make skin appear tan, accentuate red
lips, or deemphasize ugly dirt patches in
grassy fields.
The grayscale image looks OK, but selecting
the Green channel toned down the reds and
brightened the gold tones, creating drama.
The Blue Channel This channel lightens blues, darkens
greens and yellows, and slightly darkens reds. It can
highlight subjects against an ocean or blue sky. Use
it to call more attention to architectural subjects,
introduce film grain if you want your pictures to look old
(if your image has digital noise), make rocky landscapes
darker and moodier, or balance images filled with
green and red plants. This isn’t a flattering channel for
people— unless you want their faces to look dirty.
In the grayscale image, the fountain competes with
the foliage and paneling. Choosing the Blue channel
darkened these elements to highlight the sculpture.
Kris Fong notes that some muddy things are great
(JWuddy Waters, the ftAuddy River, Kahlua Mudslides),
but muddy black and whites are not.
GRAYSCALE
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